The Florilegium of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771

Compiled by Hank Ebes. Melbourne : Ebes Douwma Antique Prints and Maps ; Sydney : Sotheby’s Australia, 1988. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 200, illustrated. Sale catalogue enclosed.

Sales of selected lithographs and engravings from the Florilegium were held in Sydney, June 26, 1988, and in Melbourne, July 2, 1988. “This book provides for the first time … a complete visual reference to the entire collection of engravings from the original Banksian copperplates produced in the late 18th century but unpublished contemporarily, known as the “florilegium”–P. 4.