We matted this large Besler antique book plate with a rag board mat decorated with multiple French lines and marbelized paper. The frame is a Larson Juhl Hudson series gold. The art is finished with 99% UV protective Tru-Vue Museum Glass®. Besler's hand colored copper plate engravings included in his, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), was first published in 1613. It is the earliest documentation of a specific garden and is the oldest of all of the great botanical folios.