Hortus Eystettensis, siue, Diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium, ex variis orbis terr©Œ partibus, singulari studio collectarum, qu©Œ in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus, hoc tempore conspiciuntur, delineatio et aduiuum repr©Œsentatio

Title Variants

Alternative: Hortvs Eystettensis, sive Diligens et accvrata omnivm plantarvm, florvm, stirpivm, ex variis orbis terr©Œ partibvs, singvlari stvdio collectarvm, qv©Œ in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibvs, hoc tempore conspicivntvr, delineatio et advivvm repr©Œsentatio
Uniform: Hortus Eystettensis

By

Besler, Basilius, 1561-1629
Besler, Hieronymus, 1566-1632
Jungermann, Ludwig, 1572-1653
Kilian, Wolfgang, 1581-1662

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Germany [Eichst©Þtt?], Basilius Besler?], M. DC. XIII. [i.e. 1627]

Notes

Engravings, with descriptive text on verso, are arranged in 4 pts. (classis verna, autumnalis, aestiva, hyberna), each with orders within it (the plates are numbered within each order), & indexes. Text and introduction are in Latin with the German name in the text; indexes in Latin and in German.

Dedication to Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen signed "Datum Eystetti in monte S. Wilibaldi ... Anno Dominic©Œ sal. M DC XII.

Added engraved t.p. with a chronogram dated 1627 (HortorVMDona, et VIrtVtes nos Cere, VIrtVs est:): Icones sive repraesentation viva, florum et herba<r>um: Opera Basilii Besleri Philiatri et pharmacopoei Norici. ("r" of "herbarum" inserted in ink). Additional symbolic engraving of a vase of flowers.

Engravings by Johann Leypoldt, Servatius, Raphael Custos, Wolfgang Kilian, Heinrich Ulrich and others. Engraved title page signed by Wolffgang Kilian; also 4 engraved special title pages, 1 preceding each classis.

Contents: Plantarum horti Eystaettensis Classis verna : Ordo collectarum arborum et fructicum vernalium. Ordines collectarum plantarum vernalium, I-IX. -- Classis aestiva : Ordo collectarum arborum et fructicum aestivallum. Ordines collectarum plantarum aestivalium, I-XIIII. -- Classis autumnalis : Ordines collectarum plantarum autumnalium, I-IV. -- Classis Hyberna: Ordines collectarum plantarum hyemalium, I.

Barker, N. Hortus Eystettensis, the bishops's garden and Besler's magnificent book, (London, 1994).

Subjects

Botanical gardens , Botany , Hortus Eystettensis (Germany)

Language

Latin