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The Besler Florilegium: Plants of the Four Seasons

Besler, Basilius [Illustrator]; Gerard G. Aymonin [Introduction]; Pierre Gascar [Foreword]; Eileen Finletter [Translator]; Jean Ayer [Translator]

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1989.

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. Item #140947887

Price: $350