Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society edition

Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian

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Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society edition
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Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian
Folio Society
Biography & True Stories

Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian
Edition year 2016
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Chris Wormell
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 440
Dimensions 9 × 6¼ in

Edition details

Joseph Banks, A Life by Patrick O'Brian. Introduced by Peter Campbell. Frontispiece and 24 pages of colour plates. Three-quarter-bound in cloth with a Modigliani paper front board blocked and printed with a design by Chris Wormell. 440pp. 9x6¼in.

About the book

Patrick O'Brian's biography examines the life of Sir Joseph Banks, the naturalist who sailed with Captain James Cook aboard Endeavour. Banks later became one of the most influential scientific figures in Britain, promoting exploration, botany and institutions such as the Royal Society. The book portrays a man whose curiosity and patronage helped shape eighteenth-century science.

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