Basilius Besler, German 1561-1629- Botanical Studies from 'Hortus Eystettensis'; hand-coloured...
Basilius Besler,
German 1561-1629-
Botanical Studies from 'Hortus Eystettensis';
hand-coloured copper engraving on laid paper, 19.3 x 41.7 cm., together with a 19th-century botanical watercolour, 54.5 x 37.5 cm., two (2).
Provenance:
with Alexander Meddowes Fine Art, Edinburgh.
Private Collection, UK.
Exhibited:
Edinburgh, Alexander Meddowes Fine Art, 'Edinburgh Festival Exhibition', 10-30 August 2011.
Note:
From the first edition of 'Hortus Eystettensis', published in 1613. Each species depicted is identified with its Latin name below. Besler was a botanist from Nuremberg who acted as the curator of the Eichstatt Garden, a significant early botanical garden of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt. It was in this capacity that he produced Hortus Eystettensis, the work for which he is best-known, an illustrated codex of the plants in the garden, which was notable for its scale, detail, and influence on botanical art to follow.
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Basilius Besler,
German 1561-1629-
Botanical Studies from 'Hortus Eystettensis';
hand-coloured copper engraving on laid paper, 19.3 x 41.7 cm., together with a 19th-century botanical watercolour, 54.5 x 37.5 cm., two (2).
Provenance:
with Alexander Meddowes Fine Art, Edinburgh.
Private Collection, UK.
Exhibited:
Edinburgh, Alexander Meddowes Fine Art, 'Edinburgh Festival Exhibition', 10-30 August 2011.
Note:
From the first edition of 'Hortus Eystettensis', published in 1613. Each species depicted is identified with its Latin name below. Besler was a botanist from Nuremberg who acted as the curator of the Eichstatt Garden, a significant early botanical garden of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt. It was in this capacity that he produced Hortus Eystettensis, the work for which he is best-known, an illustrated codex of the plants in the garden, which was notable for its scale, detail, and influence on botanical art to follow.
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