Monthly Archives: July 2023

Detail of Besler Pl. 103, Corallina peony, Lady’s-mantle, Sanicle
How to Distinguish Between the Various Editions of Besler’s ‘Garden of Eichstätt’

A practical guide to understanding and identifying the different editions of Besler’s folio through paper [...]

29
Jul
In a satirical cartoon for Puck magazine, a woman wearing a plume bedecked hat aims a gun at a rookery of snowy herons.
Casualties of Fashion: The Contentious History of Plume Plundering

Though the idea of ornamenting oneself with a bird carcass may be a bit deterring [...]

18
Jul