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Besler Engraving, Love-in-a-mist

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Besler, Basilius (1561-1629).
1. Nigella Peregrina flore multiplici 2. Dulcis amara flore albo. 3. Dulcis amara flore coreuleo vulgatior.
Copper engraving with hand coloring.
Nuremberg: 1613 (1640; 1713).
22 1/4" x 18" sheet.
The first large-folio natural history botanical and the earliest pictorial record of a specific garden, this great florilegium showcases over 1,000 varieties of flowers depicted in 367 engraved and colored plates. The garden of Eichstatt was the first comprehensive botanical garden in Germany devoted to flowering plants, and was founded in 1596. It consisted of eight separate gardens constructed at Willibaldsburg castle for Konrad, bishop-prince of Eichstatt. Each garden was devoted to flowers from a different country.

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Besler, Basilius (1561-1629).
1. Nigella Peregrina flore multiplici 2. Dulcis amara flore albo. 3. Dulcis amara flore coreuleo vulgatior.
Copper engraving with hand coloring.
Nuremberg: 1613 (1640; 1713).
22 1/4" x 18" sheet.
The first large-folio natural history botanical and the earliest pictorial record of a specific garden, this great florilegium showcases over 1,000 varieties of flowers depicted in 367 engraved and colored plates. The garden of Eichstatt was the first comprehensive botanical garden in Germany devoted to flowering plants, and was founded in 1596. It consisted of eight separate gardens constructed at Willibaldsburg castle for Konrad, bishop-prince of Eichstatt. Each garden was devoted to flowers from a different country.

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