Portrait of Basil Besler from the legendary book Hortus Eystettensis full of illustrations of plants and vegetables. 1613.

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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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