Basilius Besler. Florilegium. The Book Of Plants Av Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendoerfer

<p>A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Hortus Eystettensis is in a class of its own when it comes to the range of flowers engraved.</p><p>First published in 1613, the 367 copperplate engravings by Basilius Besler (1561¿1629) capture the spectacular diversity of the palatial gardens of Prince-Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95¿1612) in Eichst¿, Bavaria, Germany. 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, as an ¿incomparable work.¿</p><p>Besler¿s pictorial catalog long outlived the gardens, which were destroyed in 1634 by invading Swedish troops. In auction, the asking price for a first-ed

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