Joseph Banks played an essential role in the foundation of the Linnean Society and the development of its collections.

Hear more about this fascinating history in this new episode from The Book Collector podcast.


Anke Timmermann, ‘A Palimpsest of Naturalists: The Manuscripts of the Linnean Society of London’, from The Book Collector. Read by Mark James.


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Further episodes of The Book Collector Podcast, bringing books and collections to life in readings of articles from The Book Collector archive, can be found on Soundcloud. We hope you will enjoy listening!


To read the article, please see The Joseph Banks Collection of articles from The Book Collector.


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