Hortus Eystettensis, siue, Diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium, ex variis orbis terræ partibus, singulari studio collectarum, quæ in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus, hoc tempore conspiciuntur, delineatio et aduiuum repræsentatio
Hortus Eystettensis is a 1613 botanical picture book by Basilius Besler, printed in Germany, probably Eichstätt, to record the plants of the prince-bishop's garden. Its copperplate engravings show plants in full, drawn with fine hatched shading and labelled in Latin with their species names. A designer might take its precise, scientific line work, dense botanical arrangement and tidy label typography as a model for historical plant illustration.
