Framed Antique Basilius Besler Botanical Print With Certificate Of Authenticity

Basilius Besler was a Nuremberg apothecary who created one of the first great botanical folios, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), in 1613. Working at a time when botanical illustrations were used primarily to identify plants for medicinal purposes, Besler created a monumental florilegium that prioritized the beauty of the plants over their pharmacological usefulness. As a result, Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis acts as a transitional fulcrum in the history of botanical art between the association of plants as medicine to plants as objects of beauty.
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Very Good

23" x 26 1/2"

Fine Art, Works on Paper

18%

Sofia Llanes | (212) 244-9600 | sllanes@propnspoon.com

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