Joseph (1743) Banks

Lot 3000: [BANKS, JOSEPH. 1743-1820.]

Name: [BANKS, JOSEPH. 1743-1820.]
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 34ba2aa9e5

Est: $300 USD - $500 USDSold:

BonhamsSan Francisco, CA, USApril 06, 2009

Item Overview

Description

PINDAR, PETER [pseudonym of John Walcot.] Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. A Tale. London: G. Kearsley, 1788. 28 pp. Engraved plate. 4to (265 x 210 mm). Period wrappers.

Fourth edition of one of the best-known attacks on Joseph Banks by the vicious satirist John Wolcot. The plate shows Banks chasing a specimen across a garden with butterfly nets.

Artist or Maker

Joseph (1743) Banks

Auction Details

A Library of Hawaii and the South Pacific

Bonhams

April 06, 2009, 12:00 PM PST

220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US

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