lilium montanum flore purpurascente punctatum von besler basilius nuremberg (1 Ergebnisse)

Verlag: Artist: Besler Basilius ( - 1629 ) Nuremberg; issued in: Eichstätt/Nuremberg; - Basilius Besler (1561?1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria The bishop was an enthusiastic botanist who derived great pleasure from his garden which was the only important European botanical garden outside Italy The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt) The emphasis in botanicals of previous centuries had been on medicinal and culinary herbs and these had usually been depicted in a crude manner The images were often inadequate for identification and had little claim to being aesth, 1561