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The Book of Plants : The Complete Plates by Basilius Besler and Werner Dressendörfer (2007, Hardcover, Annotated edition)

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TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! New design, new low price! The most famous botanical record ever committed to paper: Basilius Besler's complete Book of Plants of 1613 A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Book of Plants is in a class of its own when it comes to the variety and range of flowers engraved. Working under Basilius Besler, a team of at least ten engravers worked on this massive project, translating in situ and specimen drawings faithfully to copper plates. Nearly four hundred years old, the book has survived though the gardens did not; they were destroyed by invading Swedish troops in 1634. However, in 1998 a reconstruction of the original garden opened to the public in Eichst'tt. This facsimile's reproductions - structured by seasons - are taken from a hand-painted edition, one of only a few still extant. In auction, the asking price for a first edition copy is half a million dollars. You can now enjoy its unique qualities for somewhat less.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Taschen
ISBN-10
3822838098
ISBN-13
9783822838099
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59038488

Product Key Features

Book Title
Book of Plants : the Complete Plates
Author
Basilius Besler, Werner Dressendörfer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, General, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Nature, Art, Science
Number of Pages
443 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
13.1in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
11in
Length
13.1in
Item Weight
114.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qk41
Edition Description
Annotated Edition
Text by
Dressendorfer, Werner
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
580.222
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by breavocadoJan 09, 2008
Use this book for framing beautiful botanical prints!
I bought this book as a gift for my mom who was in desperate search for a book with beautiful botanical prints that she could remove and frame as pictures. This book was absolutely perfect for this purpose! Each plant print is in the book two times; one as a full page print, the second has a smaller version of the print with an accompanied "plant biography". The scientific articles are very interesting by themselves. I would consider this book an art piece. Buy it!
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by skill-elizaAug 19, 2020
Beautiful plates
Excellent value with the size and number of illustrations in this book!
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by jennysk2005Feb 23, 2016
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