Basilius Besler's Florilegium: The Book of Plants

Klaus Walter Littger; Werner Dressendörfer

Botanical beauty: Basilius Besler's complete Hortus Eystettensis of 1613 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 coppe...