Besler, Basilius
Hortus Eystettensis
£1,890
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
[Sansepolcro]: Aboca Museum Edizioni, 2006. 3 volumes, large folio, original blind-stamped cream leather bindings, full-colour illustrations throughout, each volume housed in original printed cardboard case
Footnote
Note:
Deluxe facsimile of the first edition of one of the greatest flower books in existence, published at Nuremberg in 1613. One of 1450 copies, this copy apparently one of 50 reserved for Folio Society members, with a Folio Society prospectus laid in.