En 367 gravures raffinees, ce magnifique recueil rassemble toutes les. Download beslers book of flowers and plants 73 fullcolor plates from hortus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book of plants klaus walter littger book number. Basilius besler plate 289 hortus eystettensis the garden of eichstatt published. Download beslers book of flowers and plants 73 fullcolor plates. Later published as the hortus eystettensis by basilius besler, the colorful plates expertly. Almost all varieties of white lilies will fill the room with a sweet, heady fragrance, but most colorful varieties have a light scent or no scent at all. An invaluable resource for new and experienced gardeners alike, our plant finder tool enables you to search for care tips by plant type and other key characteristics. The new herbal of 1543, pomona britannica, the temple of flora, and the vegetable garden. Aphids like to eat these plants even more than your vegetables, so you can attract aphids away from your other plants. Catholics associate the fragrant flowers with the virgin mary and resurrection.
The book of plants image 1 basilius beslers florilegium. Hardback a magnificent pictorial document of the flowers like primula, daffodils, sea lily. The bishop commissioned besler to compile a codex of the plants growing in his garden, a task which. This a4 sized book contains 73 fullcolour plates one per page from the hortus estettensis 16. The flowering plants handbook is an easy to use identification guide to the worlds flowering plants designed for both specialists and nonspecialists and from beginner to expert.
The hortus eystettensis is a codex produced by basilius besler in 16 of the garden of the. Plant trap crops like calendula, nasturtiums, and dill. Basilius besler 15611629 was a respected nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known. Besler to create a work describing the eichstatt plants. A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers like primula, daffodils, sea lily, roses, honeysuckle, and gorgeous orchids grown in the greatest. Get details on classic favorite plants like hydrangeas, orchids, and ornamental grasses, as well as. The plates were of garden flowers, herbs and vegetables, exotic plants such as castoroil and arum lilies. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading beslers book of flowers and plants. In 367 exquisite plates, this treasure of botanical literature records the flowers of the palatial grounds at eichstatt, bavaria, once some of the. The book was printed on large sheets measuring 57 x 46 cm. Beslers pictorial catalog long outlived the gardens, which were destroyed in 1634 by invading swedish troops. In auction, the asking price for a firstedition copy of hortus eystettensis is now more than half a million dollars. 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.
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