I. Hippoglossum / II. Primula Veris Anglicana flore pleno / III. Sanicula montana altera

Besler Basilius ( 1561 - 1629 ) Nuremberg

Verlag: Artist: Besler Basilius ( - 1629 ) Nuremberg issued in: Nuremberg; - Basilius Besler (1561?1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria The bishop was an enthusiastic botanist who derived great pleasure from his garden which was the only important European botanical garden outside Italy The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt) The emphasis in botanicals of previous centuries had been on medicinal and culinary herbs and these had usually been depicted in a crude manner The images were often inadequate for identification and had little claim to being aesthetic The Ho, 1561

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Right side missing part and tears restored, size (in cm): 47 x 39 cm cm; - Plate 128 shows three splendid illustrations of an Alexandrian laurel (lat. Ruscus spec.), a cowslip with double flowers (lat. Primula spec.), a round-leaved saxifrage (Old German: Wild Schellkraut or white Sanickel, lat. Saxifraga rotundifolia). Plant genus from the primrose family (Primulaceae). 1.edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DP0516_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: I. Hippoglossum / II. Primula Veris ...
Verlag: Artist: Besler Basilius ( - 1629 ) Nuremberg issued in: Nuremberg; - Basilius Besler (1561?1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria The bishop was an enthusiastic botanist who derived great pleasure from his garden which was the only important European botanical garden outside Italy The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt) The emphasis in botanicals of previous centuries had been on medicinal and culinary herbs and these had usually been depicted in a crude manner The images were often inadequate for identification and had little claim to being aesthetic The Ho
Erscheinungsdatum: 1561