(BOTANICAL) Basilus Besler 2 engraved plates and two engrave

May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

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Sale 2706 - Lot 310

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(BOTANICAL.) Basilus Besler. 2 engraved plates and two engraved title-pages from Hortus Eystettensis. Eichstatt, 1613 (or after)

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- Rosa Damascena Flore Pleno (roses and wood sorrel). 19¼x16¼ inches sheet size, letterpress header in Latin on verso; hand-colored; lightly toned and stained.

- Ruscus (butcher's broom). 20½x17 inches sheet size, Latin text on verso; hand-colored; closed tears and repairs.

- Hortus Eystettensis, sive Diligens et Accurata Omnium Plantarum Florum... (illustrated general title-page to the first edition, engraved by Wolfgang Kilian). 20¾x17 inches sheet size, blank verso; small repairs.

- Plantarum Horti Eystaet/tensis. Classis Autumnalis. (illustrated divisional title, engraved by John Leypolt). 20½x17 inches sheet size, blank verso; minor soiling but generally good.

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