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More imagesThe Besler Florilegium: Plants of the Four Seasons
Besler, Basilius [Illustrator]; Gerard G. Aymonin [Introduction]; Pierre Gascar [Foreword]; Eileen Finletter [Translator]; Jean Ayer [Translator]
Published by Harry N. Abrams Inc, New York, 1989
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. Oversize color reproduction of Nuremberg apothecary and botanist Basilius Besler's beautiful 1613 work Hortus Eystettensis, describing the plants of the garden of the Prince-Bishop of Eichstatt in Bavaria. 542 pp. Bound in publisher's creme cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with two tiny scuffs to the front panel, a little toning, housed in Fine publisher's slipcase.…
