from BASILIUS BESLER 1561 - 1629 "HORTUS HEYSTETTENSIS sive diligens et accurate omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium, et variis orbis terrae partibus, singular study collectarum" Nuremberg 1713, centennial edition. “Convolvulus maior flore albo” Original etching with the text on the verso as in all the runs after the first (Eichstatt 1613), this table is part of the Ordus dedicated to summer plants. Beautiful specimen printed on laid paper without watermark, with good margins beyond the imprint of the sheet and in a generally perfect state of conservation, in the typical watercolor coloring and tempera of the later era. This magnificent work was conceived to celebrate the beauty of the gardens of the residence of the Bishop of Eichstatt, Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, and saw for over ten years among the best designers and engravers of that period, gathered under the care of the well-known curator Basilius Besler botanist and pharmacist from Nuremberg. Bibliography: Littger “Der Garten von Eichstatt” Cologne 1999 tav.302. Nissen "Die Botanische Buchillustration" Stuttgart 1966. Pritzel "Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae" Leipzig 1871-77. Measurements in mm: 485 x 395