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Basilius Besler was a Nuremberg apothecary who created one of the first great botanical folios, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), in 1613. Working at a time when botanical illustrations were used primarily to identify plants for medicinal purposes, Besler created a monumental florilegium that prioritized the beauty of the plants over their pharmacological usefulness. As a result, Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis acts as a transitional fulcrum in the history of botanical art between the association of plants as medicine to plants as objects of beauty.
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 3, Judas tree; False lily-of-the valley; Moonwort fern
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 9, Alpine honeysuckle; Fly honeysuckle; Barberry
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 26, European Globeflower; Double-flowered Buttercup
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 74, Early Yellow Tulip, Early White Tulip, et al.
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 94, White Rose; Wild Sorrel; Yellow Wood Sorrel
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 110, Broomrape; Water Hemlock; Blanched Bur Reed
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 113, Wood Violet; Marsh Marigold; Spring Gentian
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Besler 1st Ed. Pl. 128, Alexandrian Ruscus; Double-flowered Primrose
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches
Hortus Eystettensis - 1st Edition - Antique Originals
Original Engraving | circa 1613 | 22 x 16.5 inches