> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 313](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265040) of TL-2 Suppl. I
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/447-1) LSID 447-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47113644) QID Q47113644
> Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]]
> [!example] See also [[Banks, George|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Banks, George (fl. 1820s-1830s), British silversmith, engraver and botanist, at Devon port, lecturer on botany.
**Abbreviated name**: *G. Banks* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Banks*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]]. − Some letters at [[Collection K|K]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 117; BB p. 18-19; BM 1: 95; IH 2: 53; Jackson p. 234, 258, 518; Kew 1: 153; NI 73; PR 402-403, ed. 1: 465; Rehder 1: 397; TL-2/1: 115; Tucker 1: 57.
#### Biofile
- Davey, F.H., Fl. Cornwall xxxix-xl. 1909.
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900. 38. 1980.
- Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 41. 1957.
- Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 87. 1984.
- Martin, W.K. and G.T. Fraser, Fl. Devon 772. 1939.
### Publications
##### n.20.161. An introduction to the study of English botany
**Title**
*An introduction to the study of English botany*. Illustrated by thirty-seven plates... London (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,... and Byers,...) 1823. Oct. (in half sheets).
**Abbreviated title**: *Intr. study Engl. bot.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Jul 1823 (p. \[iii\]: Jul 1823), frontisp., p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-75, *pl. 1-37* (uncol. copp. auct.), \[i\* subscr.\], errata slip. *Copy*: MO.
*Ed. 2*: Sep 1832 (p. \[iii\]: Sep 1832), frontisp., p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-80, 12 unnumb. pages glossary, *pl. 1-37* (id.). *Copy*: G.