BUSBEQUIUS, A. Gislenius

Ref. Willems nr. 380: Première édition collective des lettres et opuscules du célèbre diplomate et voyageur. Il y a sous cette date deux éditions également estimées: le titre courant des lettres porte Epistole dans la première, et dans l'autre Epistolae. Notre exemplaire est donc la première édition. Plus recherchée que la réédition de 1660. His passion for herbalism led him to send Turkish tulip bulbs to his friend Charles de l'Écluse, who acclimatized them to life in the Low Countries. He called them ""tulip"", mistaking the Turkish word for turban (tulipant) which was often decorated with the flower (known in Turkish as lale). Busbecq has also been credited with introducing the lilac to northern Europe (though this is debated) as well as the Angora goat