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The book of plants klaus walter littger, werner dressendorfer en v 4 obchodech na zbozi. Besler produced the copperplate engravings for the work, which was printed in 16. This collection gathers the finest illustrations from that historic study. First published in 16, the 367 copperplate engravings by basilius besler 1561 1629 capture the spectacular diversity of the palatial. It is one of the mo st famous books about plants ever recorded on paper and contains more than 1,000 flowers from 667 species. Bu bibliotheca universalis illustrated by klaus walter littger, werner dressendorfer isbn. Basilius besler 15611629 was a respected nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental hortus eystettensisde. Basilius besler, the book of plants, taschen antiche curiosita. Basilus besler and the hortus eystettensis botanical art. Hortus eystettensis illustrations, besler, basilius, 15611629, hortus eystettensis besler.
He set up his own botanical gardens and a comprehensive collection of natural history specimens and was soon known as a botanist and. Mar 09, 2000 basilius besler 15611629 was a respected nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental hortus eystettensisde. A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest german garden of its time, the book of plants is in a class of its own when it comes to the variety and range of flowers engraved. Jul 11, 2016 the task of recording eichstatts collection was given to basilius besler, a nurembergbased apothecary, who, fowler explains, did such a good job that the book is often known as the besler, or besler botanical. Bibliotheca universalis ser basilius beslers florilegium. Basilius besler 15911629 was a pharmacist in nuremberg.
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