Basilius Besler Botanical Hand-Colored Engraving from "Hortus Eystettensis"
Item Details
Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629)
Polygonatum maius, Ornithogalum Hispanicum spicatum, Polygonatum vulgatius, 17th-18th century
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Hortus Eystettensis by Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629)
Printed by Wolfgang Kilian (German, 1581-1662) and Peter Iselberg (German, 1568-1630)
The same plates were used for the 1613, 1660, 1713 editions
Condition
- wear to edges of paper; toning to paper; heavy tearing and creasing to edges of paper; heavy creasing throughout image of print; worm holes to lower margin of piece; bleeding of ink through paper; creasing to corners of paper; inch loss of paper to center of lower margin; slight foxing to paper; water staining to lower right edge of paper; small half inch tears along edges of paper; wear to edges of frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; paper measures 17.25" W x 21.5" H x .001" D; plate measures 15.75" W x 19" H.
Item #
ITMG595742
