Crocus Vernus Flore Violacco. Scilla Alba, botanical illustration by Basil Besler from the The Hortus Eystettensis, a codex produced by Besler in 1613.


Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis. He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.


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