Trifolium Bituminosum inodorum, Trifolium Bituminosum odoratum
Artist
Basilius Besler, Germany, 1561-1629
Date1613
MediumHand-colored engraving
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1972.8.4
DescriptionPage from the early printed book Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt), a florilegium or collection of flower illustrations. Page (recto) shows two specimens in bloom at full length, represented life-sized. A caption identifies the plants as II. Trifolium Bituminosum inodorum. I. Trifolium Bituminosum odoratum. Verso: Decimus Ordo. Fol 10, Celeberrimi Eystetten; a description of III plants in Latin with their German names.On View
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Basilius Besler, Germany, 1561-1629
1613
M.E. BELLINGER
