I. Guaiacana. / II. Ligutrum.

Besler Basilius ( 1561 - 1629 ) Nuremberg

Verlag: Artist: Besler Basilius ( - 1629 ) Nuremberg issued in: Eichstätt/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 aesthe, 1561

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Right margin restored, size (in cm): 45,5 x 40 cm cm; - Plate 13 shows two plants, the date plum and the common privet (I. Guaiacana. / II. Ligutrum. - Old German: supposed Zurgel tree and small willow tree). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DP0490_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: I. Guaiacana. / II. Ligutrum.
Verlag: Artist: Besler Basilius ( - 1629 ) Nuremberg issued in: Eichstätt/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 aesthe
Erscheinungsdatum: 1561