PLANTS; HELLEBORASTER MAXIMUS, ETC. COLOURED AND FRAMED PRINT. 20TH CENTURY, AFTER BASILIUS BESLER.
Decorative Antiques -
Reference: ZE424
Floors; Helleboraster maximus, etc. Colored engraving, framed. 20th century, inspired by BESLER, Basilius (1561-1629). Hand-colored and framed engraving showing, in the center, a plant, flanked by two smaller ones. All three present their name, in Latin, below them, highlighting the central one, Helleboraster maximus, called Helleborus foetidus by Linnaeus in 1753, it is a genus of angiosperms of the family Ranunculaceae, and one of its varieties is known as Christmas rose . The plate is inspired by one of the work “Hortus Eustettensis” by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), who was a respectable German doctor, pharmacist, and botanist from Nuremberg.
· Size: 71x3x86 cms
20 €
