Les roses.

4 vol., large folio.

Mod. half black leather, blue cloth covers, flat gilt-titled spines.

A complete facsimile reprint of the three folio volumes of the original 1817-1824 edition. The publishers have added a fourth folio volume with Commentaries, in French and English containing: an introduction by Sir George Taylor, a biography and bibliography of Redouté and his work, a note on Thory by André Lawalrée, a study on the Roses of Redouté by Gisele de la Roche and an abridged translation of the text of Thory. Limited to 510 copies (n. 284).