Basilius Besler's Florilegium - Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendörfer

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. 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 Eichstätt, 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 Basilius Besler's Florilegium - Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendörfer od authora Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendörfer a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz