Basilius Besler. Florilegium. The Book of Plants av Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendorfer

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<p>A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the <strong>greatest German garden of its time</strong>, the <em>Hortus Eystettensis</em> is in a class of its own when it comes to<strong> the range of flowers engraved</strong>.<br/><br/>First published in 1613, the 367 copperplate engravings by <strong>Basilius Besler </strong>(1561¿1629) capture the spectacular diversity of the palatial gardens of Prince-Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95¿1612) in Eichst¿, Bavaria, Germany. The meticulous illustrations are organized according to the four seasons, and, following the classification system used today, show plants belonging to a<strong> total of 90 families and covering 340 genera</strong>. The whole collection is regarded as one of the finest treasures of botanical literature; it was described by Carl Linnaeus, the legendary 18th-century botanist and zoologist, as an <strong>¿incomparable work.¿</strong><br/><br/>Besler¿s pictorial catalog long outlived the garde