Basilius Besler Botanical Prints

White Polyanthus, Wild Tulip, Summer Snowflake

 

White Polyanthus, Wild Tulip, Summer Snowflake

 

 
 

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.

 

 

 

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