miss-mary-quite-contrary: 1613 Basilius Besler (German apothecary and botanist, 1591-1629) ~ The Poppy, from Hortus Eystettensis [Garden at Eichstätt]
Arguably the world’s most beautiful botanical book, Hortus Eystettensis was first published in 1613 with over one thousand images represented, most in true-to-life size.