Basilius Besler Botanical Prints

White English Iris

 

English Iris

 

 
 

Basilius Besler. Hortus Eyestetensis. Nuremburg, 1612.

 
 

Copper plate engraving with hand coloring.

 
 

Sheet size approximately 21.25 x 17 inches.

Organized as a horticultural work, the plants are grouped according to the four seasons. Important as the first large folio botanical as well as the earliest pictorial record of flowers in a single garden.

$4,000
 

 

 

Tam O'Neill Fine Arts

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