This could well be the most famous botanical record ever committed to paper. 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 variety and range of flowers engraved. Under the supervision of Basilius Besler, a team of at least ten engravers worked on this massive project, translating in situ and specimen drawings faithfully to copper plates. Nearly four hundred years old, the book survived where the gardens did not. They were destroyed by invading Swedish troops in 1634. However in 1998 a reconstruction of the original garden opened to the public in Eichstatt. At two thirds the size of the original, this is a great book in every sense, and the first in a new series of facsimile reprints of the great books of human thought and accomplishment. Its reproductions are taken from a hand-painted edition, one of only a few still extant. In auction, the asking price for a first edition copy is half a million dollars. You can now enjoy its unique qualities for somewhat less.
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Spectacular color plates of botanicals plus interesting history about the book's original production. Excellent value for the price!
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- Hortus Eystettensis: The Bishop's Garden and Besler's Magnificent Book by Barker Nicolas on 4 pages
- The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop in Back Matter
- Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Ernst Lehner in Back Matter
- The Prince of Homburg (Plays for Performance Series) by Heinrich von Kleist in Back Matter
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