Engravings, with descriptive text on verso, are arranged in 4 pts. (classis verna, autumnalis, aestiva, hyberna), each with orders within it (the plates are numbered within each order), & indexes. Text and introduction are in Latin with the German name in the text; indexes in Latin and in German.
Dedication to Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen signed "Datum Eystetti in monte S. Wilibaldi ... Anno Dominicæ sal. M DC XII.
Added engraved t.p. with a chronogram dated 1627 (HortorVMDona, et VIrtVtes nos Cere, VIrtVs est:): Icones sive repraesentation viva, florum et herbaum: Opera Basilii Besleri Philiatri et pharmacopoei Norici. ("r" of "herbarum" inserted in ink). Additional symbolic engraving of a vase of flowers.
Engravings by Johann Leypoldt, Servatius, Raphael Custos, Wolfgang Kilian, Heinrich Ulrich and others. Engraved title page signed by Wolffgang Kilian; also 4 engraved special title pages, 1 preceding each classis.
Copy 1. Uncoloured copy. Bound in one volume. 20th century binding, half calf and cloth. Leaves which should have half titles for "Primus ordo collectorum plantarum vernalium" and "Primus ordo collectorum plantarum hyemalium" have been reprinted. The rectos are blank and plate on versos is very faint. Index/Register for Classis aestiva has been reprinted. Some marginal notes in English, probably 18th century. Accession no. 16118. Purchased at Sotheby's on 9th June 1906, lot 1517. From the collection of Frederick Burbridge (1847-1905) who had been Curator of the Botanic Garden at Trinity College Dublin.
