Coloured
copper engravings
with very decorative,
large-format
depictions of
flowers from
the "Hortus
Eystettensis",
published by Basilius
Besler (pharmacist
in Nuremberg,
1561 - 1629)
in Nuremberg
and Eichstätt
in the years 1613 and 1640.
Principal for
the "Hortus
Eystettensis"
and for the
famous gardens
of Eichstätt
was the bishop
Johann Conrad
von Gemmingen
(1561 - 1612).
The gardens
had been laid
out around the
Willibaldsburg
- founded 1355
-, which had
been rebuilded
at the same
time to a representative
renaissance
castle. Size
of the engravings
each c 48 x 40
cm.
MORE COPPER
ENGRAVINGS WITH
FLOWERS
BY BESLER ON
REQUEST !
Please,
click on a picture
for more information.
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