The marsh marigold opens in wet ground before almost anything else and is one of the oldest flowering plants in northern Europe, essentially unchanged since before the ice. Besler organised the Hortus by the four seasons — Classis Verna, Aestiva, Autumnalis, Hyberna — so this belongs near the front of the whole enormous book, in the spring class. The order of a garden book is a claim about time. Besler filed his garden by when, not by what.

Maker: Basilius Besler
Date: 1613
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01068

As chosen: 12 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 16 in
Outside size	13.6 x 17.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	269	Excellent	Trimmed 3.3%
11 x 14 in	192	Good	Trimmed 5%
12 x 16 in	168	Good	Trimmed 9.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
16 x 20 in	134 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
18 x 24 in	112 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
24 x 30 in	89 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
30 x 40 in	67 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop