Roses - Besler - Hortus Eystettensis Pair of hand-colored copper engravings Published in "Hortus Eystettensis" by Basilius Belser (1561-1629) Engraving 1. Numbering starts bottom right: 1 - Rosa rubro nigrcans flore pleno 2 - Rosa lactea Camerary 3 - Rosa rubicunda Saccharina dicta 4 - Rosa Damascena florium plici Engraving 2. Numbering starts bottom right: 1 Rosa flore albo pleno 2 - Rosa alba simplici 3 - Rosa Milesia flore rubro pleno 4 - Rosa provincialis flore albo

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Roses - Besler - Hortus Eystettensis

Pair of hand-colored copper engravings

Published in "Hortus Eystettensis" by Basilius Belser (1561-1629)

Engraving 1. Numbering starts bottom right:

1 - Rosa rubro nigrcans flore pleno

2 - Rosa lactea Camerary

3 - Rosa rubicunda Saccharina dicta

4 - Rosa Damascena florium plici

Engraving 2. Numbering starts bottom right:

1 Rosa flore albo pleno

2 - Rosa alba simplici

3 - Rosa Milesia flore rubro pleno

4 - Rosa provincialis flore albo

Knowledgeable rose conoisseurs will recognize, that this 20th century hand-coloring is botanically not always correct. The colorist obviously was advised to do the colors as they are, or he / she did not know any better, or he / she did not understand Latin. The outcome my be botanically incorrect, but the decorative value is actually enhanced.

Minimal traces of age and use.

Each: Page size 47,5 x 41 cm (ca. 18.7 x 16.1")