Hortus Eystettensis, sive, Diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium ?ex variis orbis terrae partibus, singulari studio collectarum, quae in celeberrimis viridariis arcem episcopalem ibidem cingentibus, olim conspiciebantur delineatio et ad vivum repraesentatio et advivum repraesentatio opera.
Hortus Eystettensis is a 1640 botanical catalogue of plants and flowers from many parts of the world, compiled by Basilius Besler and probably printed in Nuremberg for the garden of the prince-bishop at Eichstätt. Its plates show plants drawn singly or in groups with Latin captions, many with roots, stems and leaves shown in fine engraved line. A designer might take its precise, hand-shaded botanical line work, its tidy arrangement of specimens on plain paper, and its numbered plate layout.
