1354
BESLER, Basilius(1561 Nuremberg - 1629 Nuremberg)
Botanical illustration from "Hortus Eystettensis"
Colored copperplate engraving. Monogrammed in the plate.
Sheet: 53 x 42 cm. Framed & behind glass : Berlin strip frame: 74.5 x 59.5 cm.
Precise representation of a tomato plant "Poma amoris fructu luteo", a sugar melon "Melo saccharinus variegatus" and a bitter melon "Pseudo pseudocolocynthis pomiformis" from the botanical magnum opus "Hortus Eystettensis" (Eichstätter Garden) with 1100 plants from all over the world, which was published in 1613 for the first time in so-called king size (55 x 47 cm). Sheet somewhat traces of grip.
Limit 280 €
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