Five Tulips, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub. 1613 (hand-coloured engra

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I Tulipa lutea virgulis oblongi ad latera, colore cinnabaris ;II Tulipa alba circa calicem luteum radis rubente; III Tulipa lutea irrorata ex cinnabari rutilis maculis; IV Tulipa candida purpura rubis; V Tulipa lutea m medis canifor macula rubens; Besler was an apothecary in Nuremberg and was in charge of the gardens at the Prince Bishop near Eichstat;

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