selected introduced eva mannering (2 Ergebnisse)

stiff wraps. 1st thus. Folio, original stiff illustrated covers with thin (chipped) paper wrap over covers, 24 large format colour engraved plates of roses, preliminary text, pp (XV), (24). Bottom edge of textblock chipped/nibbled (approx. 1 - 2 millimetres). Plates all clean and vibrant. 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. The prelininary descriptions of the roses were written by the French botanist Claude-Antoine Thory (1759 - 1827). In her introduction, Eva Mannering writes: "The conditions which made possible a work like "Les Roses" exist no longer, nor do the roses themselves as they are illustrated in this book. They are the fore-runners of the flowers which we know today [.] the ulitmate aim [of the book] [is] to gather within these pages the eternal fragrance of the Rose, to delight lovers of beauty everywhere.".

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.