Colchicum album et rubrum, Sedum arborescens, Colchicum mixtum Autumnale
Artist
Basilius Besler, Germany, 1561-1629
Date1613
MediumHand-colored engraving
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1972.8.9
DescriptionPage from the early printed book Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt), a florilegium or collection of flower illustrations, compiled and published by Basilius Besler. Page shows three specimens in bloom at full length, represented life-sized. A caption identifies the plants as, from left to right, III. Colchicum album et rubrum, I. Sedum arborescens, II. Colchicum mixtum Autumnale. Verso: Tertrius Ordo. Fol 7, Celeberrimi Eystetten; a description of VI plants in Latin with their German names; page GGXXX3.On View
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Basilius Besler, Germany, 1561-1629
1613
M.E. BELLINGER
