Botanical Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis: Selections from the Most Beautiful Botanical Book in the World, with Scientific Commentaries

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2000. Large Softcover. Very Good. 10x0x14. Edges a bit faded. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2000 Large Softcover. 64 pp. Adapted from Hortus Eystettensis: The Bishop's Garden and Besler's Magnificent Book, with scientific commentaries adapted from The Besler Florilegium: Plants of the Four Seasons. Color reproductions on heavy paper of 27 botanical prints by a 17th-century amateur botanist, with the captions appearing in each plate translated in captions beneath. Includes an introduction by the British Library's manuscript scholar Nicolas Barker and scientific descriptions of each plant by Gerard G. Aymonin.