> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 207](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120338) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/734-1) LSID 734-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65027) QID Q65027 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Besler, Basilius (1561-1629), German apothecary and botanist. **Abbreviated name**: *Besler* \[standard form in IPNI: *Besler*\] #### Herbarium and types Not known to be extant. The original drawings are in the University library, Erlangen (fide NI, sub 158). #### Bibliography and biography ADB 2: 555; Barnhart 1: 177; BM 1: 156; Bossert p. 36; Jackson p. xxxi; Kew 1: 235; Langman p. 135; Moebius p. 405; NDB 2: 178; NI 158; Plesch p. 140-141; PR 745-746. - Jourdan, Dict. Sci. méd. Biogr. méd. 2: 216-217. 1820. - Spiess, Abh. naturf. Ges. Nürnberg 8: 144-147. 1891. - Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 119. 1905. #### Eponymy *Besleria* Linnaeus (1753). ### Publications ##### n.497. Hortus eystettensis **Title** *Hortus eystettensis* sive diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium ex variis orbis terrae partibus singulari studio collectarum, quae in celeberrimis viridiariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus hoc tempore conspiciuntur, delineado et ad vivum repraesentatio, in quator partes divisus. Nürnberg 1613 (repr. 1640, 1713); Broadsheet. **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. eystett.* **Notes** *Publ*.: The leaves, with descriptive text on the verso, are arranged in four parts (classis verna, autumnalis, aestiva, hyberna), each with orders within it and the 367 plates numbered within each order, and indexes (Heller). The 1640 reprint (*Copy*: MO) which has 362 plates (but no text or preface), is numbered serially. The 1713 reprint (*Copies*: HU, NY) edited by I. G. Sthenander, was reprinted in *facsimile* in 1964 at München-Allach. This reprint contains also the "*Katalog zum Hortus Eystettensis*. In zwei Verzeichnissen: I. Nach der Reihenfolge der Tafeln, 2. Nach alphabetarischer Reihenfolge der Namen. Herausgegeben von der Bibliothek-Commission der Kreisund Stadt-Bibliothek Augsburg, " Augsburg 1885 \[author: M. Britzelmayr\]. The 1713 has text *and* plates just as the original edition, omitting only the dedications and the engraved titles to the sections, whilst some of the indexes occupy a less number of pages (BM 1: 156). The 367 plates (1084 figures) are printed from the original coppers. For further details see HU 430; "The printing may have been done at Nuremberg, but it is probably right to say that the book was published at Eichstätt." *Ref*.: BM 1: 156; HE p. 13; HU 430; Jackson p. xxi, 426; Kew 1: 235; NI 158; Plesch p. 140-141; PR 745; SA 2: 542; TL 87. - Widnmann, Catalogus systematicus... horti Eystettensis. Nürnberg 1805. - Anon., Flora 1: 591-592. 1818. - Britzelmayr, Katalog zum Hortus Eystettensis. Augsburg 1885 \[most recent collation with Linnaean nomenclature\]. - Schwertschläger, Der botanische Garten der Fürstbischöfe von Eichstädt. Eichstätt 1890. - Sotheby, Cat. Stiftung Botanik 1: 48-49. 1975 (sold at *£* 16.000).