1813
BESLER, Basilius(1561 Nuremberg - 1629 Nuremberg)
3 botanical picture plates from Hortus Eystettensis
3 colored copper engravings.
Print plate each approx: 48 x 39.5 cm. Framed & behind glass : Each 56 x 47 cm.
Image plate 173 with precise representation of three species of columbine, including "Aquilegia stellata flore albo minutissimis nigris punctis ornata", "Aquilegia caerulea inverso flore" and "Aquillegia flore albo simplici", Pictorial plate 287 with faithful representation of three species of mugwort, including wormwood "Absinthum vulgare", "Absinthum latifolium marinum" and "Absinthum Ponticum album" and Pictorial plate 295 with accurate representation of Italian cock's head "Hedysarum Clypeatum floresuauiter rubente", the seed-sparagus "Onsbrychris Dodon flore rubro" and the sticky goosefoot "Botrys", from the botanical magnum opus "Hortus Eystettensis" (Eichstätter Garten) with 1100 plants from all over the world, which was first published in 1613 in so-called king size (55 x 47 cm); typographical accompanying text from verso translucent. Each somewhat griffspurig, plate 287 with larger foxing.
Literature : Work digitized at: https://www-ub.ku.de/cgi-bin/hortus-online.pl
Call time 26 | Oct 2023 | probably 17:16 (CET)
.Limit 150 €
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