The Joseph Banks’ Florilegium
The Joseph Banks’ Florilegium “Every blockhead does that; My grand tour shall be one round the whole globe”Joseph Banks in response to his family’s suggestion that he undertake the traditional Grand Tour of Italy and the sites of classical antiquity. Joseph Banks (1743-1820), a multi-talented and indefatigable man, (later President of the Royal Society for…
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