Set of 4 Besler Prints

BASILIUS BESLER (German 1561-1629) FOUR BOTANICAL PRINTS, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1613, hand colored engravings on paper, delux and trade edition page fragments from Basilius Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, "Ricinus Maior," Heinrich Ulrich (German active 1595-1621) engraver, hand inscribed in margin number 255; "Canna Indica Rubra," hand inscribed in margin number 328, verso "Secundus Ordo: Collectarum Plantarum Autumnalium;" "Sorgum Fructu Rubro," monogramed in plate "HL" engraver, verso, "Secundus Ordo Fol. 12, Celeberrimi Eystentten fis horti, icones plantarum Autumnalium...;" "Iris Latifolia Violaceo Colore Maior," S. Rauen engraver, with watermark, largest sheet: 22 1/8" x 17 1/4".