Besler, Basilius
Paeonia Bizanthina Maior
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- Published: Eichstätt & Nürnberg
- Published date: 1713
- Technique: Copper engraving / later hand color
- Type: Print
- Issue date: 1713
- Category: Besler Hortus Eystettensis
- Size: 530 by 410mm (20¾ by 16¼ inches).
- Stock number: 29476
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Original copper engraving. A fine copper engraving published in the famous large flower book ,Hortus Eystettensis' in Altdorf and Nürnberg around 1613. The ,Hortus Eystettensis' was the largest flowerbook ever published in that period. The ,Hortus Eystettensis' was the largest flowerbook ever published in that period. It contained 367 different engraved plates, each of them depicting often with several flowers or herbs. This fine engraving is published in the so-called ,jubilee edition' 1713 in Eichstätt and Nürnberg.