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Besler. Garden carnation, cypress holly, thyme. "Caryophyll(us) plenus laete rubescens ..., Abrotanum foemina ..., Marum peregrinum". Orig. copperplate engraving, B. Besler, 'Hortus Eystettensis', Nuremberg, 1613. Orig. old colouring. 49:40 cm.
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Besler
Nürnberg
1613
Basilius Besler. Garden carnation, cypress holly, thyme. "Caryophyll(us) plenus laete rubescens instar florum Persici mali, Abrotanum foemina sive Chamaecy parissus, Marum peregrinum". Orig. copperplate engraving, B. Besler, 'Hortus Eystettensis', Nuremberg, 1613. Orig. old colouring. 49:40 cm (19 1/4 x 15 3/4 inch.).
Basilius Besler (1561-1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt). - Price includes the frame (71:61,5 cm).