Selected Introduced Eva Mannering (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st. lacking dust jacket, soiling to covers. Contains 24 color plates, printed one-side only, each 16 x 11 inches. [40pp] 1.64lb 16.0x11.7x0.3in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. xvi including a decorative title page and 29 colour plates. Book is in excellent condition and the contents are very clean. Dust jacket is a little soiled and has edge wear and some small tears.

stiff wraps. 1st thus. Folio, original stiff illustrated covers with thin paper wrap over covers, 24 large format colour engraved plates of roses, preliminary text, pp (XVI), (24). Previous owner's bookplate. Some pencil annitations in the margin of the preliminary text. Plates all clean and vibrant. Very good condition 24 large colour plates of roses by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759 - 1840), who has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. This is another selection of a further variety of roses, following Ariel Press's publication of "Roses" in 1954. In her introduction, Eva Mannering writes of the mythology and folklore surrounding roses.