Lot Essay
Dracunculus Vulgaris
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Hortus Eyestettensis
Details
Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Hortus Eyestettensis
copper-plate engraving with hand-coloring, on laid paper, with margins, surface soiling, pale light-staining, scattered areas of staining along the extreme edges, scattered foxing, areas of creasing, not examined out of the frame
P. 18½ x 15½ in. (470 x 393 mm.)
overall 34 x 29 in. (864 x 737 mm.)
Hortus Eyestettensis
copper-plate engraving with hand-coloring, on laid paper, with margins, surface soiling, pale light-staining, scattered areas of staining along the extreme edges, scattered foxing, areas of creasing, not examined out of the frame
P. 18½ x 15½ in. (470 x 393 mm.)
overall 34 x 29 in. (864 x 737 mm.)
Provenance
Carolina Prints, Charleston, South Carolina