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by Basilius Besler
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ISBN: 0486460053 Dover Publications Price: $14.95 |
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One of the great treasures of botanical literature, the Hortus Eystettensis vividly illustrated and identified the plants, flowers, and trees that thrived in the legendary German garden at Eichstätt. This book presents intricately detailed plates from that original masterpiece, showcasing the garden's lush variety of plants.
Dover original selection from Hortus Eystettensis, 3 vols., Nuremberg, 1613.
Table of Contents for Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants: 73 Full-Color Plates from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613
| Alpine currant; Mountain currant, Red and Black currant | |||||||
| English violet; Sweet violet | |||||||
| Wildflower | |||||||
| Sea onion; Crocus; Blue anemone | |||||||
| Squill of Peru; Toothed orchid; Broad-leaved marsh orchid | |||||||
| Daffodil; Wild daffodil | |||||||
| Yellow tulip, flamed red and green; White tulip, yellow and carmine inside | |||||||
| Early yellow and red flamed tulip; Late red tulip | |||||||
| Late tulip with large red flower; Tulip with yellow-feathered petals | |||||||
| Multi-flowered red tulip; White botanical tulip, flower open | |||||||
| Multi-flowered crown imperial | |||||||
| Crown imperial with two crowns | |||||||
| Fire lily with bulb | |||||||
| Proliferation of fire lily; Common centaury | |||||||
| Provence rose; Rosa mundi; Apothecary's rose; Sulphur rose | |||||||
| Double common peony; Alpine houseleek | |||||||
| Single common peony; Asarabacca | |||||||
| Large-fruited strawberry; White-fruited strawberry; Small-fruited strawberry | |||||||
| Iris; Orris root; Dalmatian iris | |||||||
| German iris | |||||||
| Autumn mandrake; Lesser celandine | |||||||
| Red-yellow day lily | |||||||
| Groundsel | |||||||
| Rose bay; Oleander | |||||||
| Seville orange; bitter orange; Citron; Common or sweet orange | |||||||
| Pomegranate; Common plantain | |||||||
| Pomegranate with fruits; Cherry plum; Apricot | |||||||
| Mallow; Mayweed; Virginia stock | |||||||
| White-flowering mallow; Rose mallow | |||||||
| Winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry; Alpine toadflax | |||||||
| White foxglove; Red foxglove; Orange hawkweed | |||||||
| Canterbury bells; Bladder campion; Campion | |||||||
| Double pink gillyflower; Gillyflower | |||||||
| "Wallflower of Eichstätt"; Single wallflower | |||||||
| Turk's-cap lily | |||||||
| Scarlet turk's-cap lily; Autumn squill | |||||||
| Spanish iris; Scarlet turk's-cap lily; Dutch crocus; Saffron crocus | |||||||
| Dragon arum with rhizome | |||||||
| English iris; White iris with narrow leaves; Yellowish iris with narrow leaves | |||||||
| Sunflower | |||||||
| Double pink/blue hollyhock | |||||||
| Castor oil plant; Ground pine | |||||||
| Maltese cross with red/white/pink flowers | |||||||
| Common jasmine; Jasmine; Bear's breeches | |||||||
| Safflower; Chamomile | |||||||
| Cardoon | |||||||
| Double opium poppy; Corn poppy | |||||||
| Hartwort; Double opium poppy with bi-colored flowers | |||||||
| Nasturtium; Daisy | |||||||
| Bluebell; Common morning glory; Morning glory | |||||||
| African marigold; French marigold; Common basil | |||||||
| Wild carnation; Lavender | |||||||
| Tomato with orange-colored fruits; Melon; Watermelon | |||||||
| Tomato | |||||||
| Eggplant | |||||||
| Nightshade; Marjoram | |||||||
| Chili pepper | |||||||
| Red Indian shot; Tampala | |||||||
| Purple amaranth; Hawk's-beard; Spanish catchfly | |||||||
| Tobacco | |||||||
| Horn of plenty; Sea purslane; Lords-and-ladies | |||||||
| Sorghum | |||||||
| Potato; Broad-leaved thyme; Common thyme | |||||||
| Cocoyam; White-flowered gourd; Pu | |||||||
| Sowbread | |||||||
| Houseleek; Autumn crocus; Bi-colored autumn crocus in leaf | |||||||
| Marvel of Peru; Fringed gentian; Chiltern gentian | |||||||
| Century plant | |||||||
| Globe artichoke | |||||||
| Indian fig; Indian fig, stem segment and fruits |