Book of Botanical Prints: The Complete Plates

Gift inscription otherwise mild general wear. Massive tomb 5 kilos profusely illustrated. ISBN10: Large hardcover (Folio). Sewn binding. 444 pages, with color illustrations, bibliography, and index. Folio reprint (2007) by Barnes & Noble of the 1st English Edition (Octavo, 2000) published by Taschen Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, Cologne, Germany. Introduction by Klaus Walter Littger and botanical annotations by Werner Dressendorfer. CONTENT: Basilius Besler's complete Hortus Eystettensis of 1613 is a magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany. This edition is based on the 367 copperplate engravings by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) in the original 3-volume first edition of the Hortus Eystellensis. The meticulous illustrations are organized according to the four seasons, and, following the classification system used today, show plants belonging to a total of 90 families and covering 340 genera. The whole collection is regarded as one of the finest treasures of botanical literature; it was described by Carl Linnaeus, the legendary 18th-century botanist and zoologist, a .…