Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820.

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(London): British Museum (1988). Thick Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii 672pp.). With col. portr. illusts. maps and endpaper charts. 1st ed. Inscription from author to George Ferguson on verso of half title-page. Associated newspaper articles and letters loosely inserted. Light toning on front endpaper and foxing on edges of frontisp. portrait otherwise fine. NOTE: Sir Joseph Banks was one of the greatest figures in Georgian England best known perhaps for his distinguished role as naturalist on the Endeavour voyage with Captain Cook.