Deux grandes gravures aux iris et arbustes, d'après Besler, Hortus Eystettensis (1613)

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Deux grandes gravures aux iris et arbustes, d'après Besler, Hortus Eystettensis (1613)
France, 18th century Intaglio engravings on paper, colored with watercolor stencil, decorated with botanical drawings: flowering branches of pomegranate, rockrose, and cotinus on one page; iris, tuberous iris, Persian lily and its bulb on the other page. On the back, texts in Latin dealing with botany. From Besler's herbarium, Hortus Eystenttensis, 1613, Nuremberg. 54 x 43.5 cm; 56 x 44 cm Inscriptions: I. Cistus flore albo II. Balaustium flor minori Romanum III. Cotinus I. Lilium perficum II. Iris tuberosa III. Chamiris angustis folÿs minor IV. Bulbus lilÿ Persici
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