L' herbier des quatre saisons, ou, Le jardin d'Eichstätt
By: Basilius Besler ; préface de Pierre Gascar ; textes de Gérard G. Aymonin.
Contributors: Aymonin, Gérard G.
Edition: 1re éd.
Publisher: Mazenod
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre; lat
Number of pages: 520
Subjects: Besler, Basilius, 1561-1629. -- Illustrations.; Hortus Eystettensis (Germany) -- Early works to 1800.; Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800.; Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
Other titles: Jardin d'Eichstätt.
Notes: Photolithographic reproduction of the 367 plates, t.p., and other illustrated pages from the hand-colored 1613 edition of Besler's Hortus Eystettensis. In place of the Latin text of that edition are modern notes by Aymonin on the specimens illustrated by the plates, each set of notes being accompanied by a small black-and-white illustration of the plate described.
The plates, with Latin captions, are arranged by a seasonal, pre-Linnaean system. To each are added by Aymonin, in French, the modern names.
Includes indexes.