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to land and scale the cliffs that protected the city
lavish still-life paintings of fruit and flowers established the tradition for the genre in 19th-century America as well as the style for large canvases suitable for dining-room decoration
James Oto Lewis
Sold by the order of their Board at Sotheby’s New York 18 October 1997 (lot 386)
BESLER, Basilius (1561-1629). Myrtus latifoliis. 1613-1640. Cartographer_Pedro de Medina to land and scale theBESLER, Basilius (1561 1629) Myrtus latifoliis Engraving with original hand color from "Horus Eystettensis" (The Garden of Eichstatt) Eichstatt and Nuremburg, 1613 40 approx. 21 x 17" sheet Basilius Beslers great botanical work is a landmark of botanical documentation and pre Linnaean classification, as well as one of the most splendidly stylized and aesthetically powerful botanical works ever produced. Besler was an apothecary and botanist who