Property from the Estate of Phyllis J. Grant
AFTER Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS: NINE PLATES
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AFTER Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Hortus eystettensis: Nine Plates
nine engravings with hand-coloring, 1603-40, on wove papers, published in Nuremberg, all with margins, light-staining and surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, pressure marks, areas of staining, creasing, several with numerous repaired tears (backed), all with canary yellow mats, extensive losses to some of the frames, not examined out of the frames
all P. approx. 18¾ x 15¼ in. (476 x 387 mm.)
all overall 25¾ x 22½ in. (654 x 572 mm.) (9)
Hortus eystettensis: Nine Plates
nine engravings with hand-coloring, 1603-40, on wove papers, published in Nuremberg, all with margins, light-staining and surface soiling to varying degrees, scattered foxing, pressure marks, areas of staining, creasing, several with numerous repaired tears (backed), all with canary yellow mats, extensive losses to some of the frames, not examined out of the frames
all P. approx. 18¾ x 15¼ in. (476 x 387 mm.)
all overall 25¾ x 22½ in. (654 x 572 mm.) (9)