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Aboca Museum - HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS by Basilius Besler (english)

HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS by Basilius Besler (english) The facsimile of Hortus Eystettensis by Basilius Besler is the faithful reproduction of the 1613 copy held in Eichstätt University Library (SJ II 2892-2894). In three volumes, the Hortus Eystettensis is an illustrated herbarium of extraordinary beauty composed of 367 plates on "imperial" folios, 1084 life-size colour drawings of plants in flower, five frontispieces and a plate with a portrait of the author. The Hortus Eystettensis is the most beautiful florilegium from the early seventeenth century and marks the definitive transition from woodcut techniques to copperplate engraving. The description relating to each plate is on the facing page. For the first time, the plants are ordered on the basis of their flowering period, from spring through until autumn: each season has its own frontispiece and index. Each drawing is given the semblance of three dimensions through the skilled application of shading and chiaroscuro, fundamental to plant recognition. The edition will be limited to 1450 numbered and certified copies.