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Besler, Basil (1561-1629) Six Hand-colored Botanical Engravings.

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$4,305$3,500
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3311TLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 11, 2019 12:00PM

Description:

Besler, Basil (1561-1629) Six Hand-colored Botanical Engravings. Each large folio copper-plate engraving printed on laid paper with bunch of grapes watermarks depicting the Sunflower, Flos Solis Prolifer; Arabian Star Flower, Ornithogalum Arabicum; Blue Flax, Linum Sylvestre Flore Coeruleo; Sea Holly, Eringium Marinum; a variety of Euphorbia, Cataputia Vulgaris; [and] Carolina Jasmine, Gelsiminum Catalonicum; each plate with two to three other plants depicted except for the sunflower; some with folds, closed tears, a few spots worn through, mostly 22 x 16 1/2 in.
Estimate $800-1,200


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Basil, Sylvestre Flore