RM2A7EN66–Bengale centfeuilles rose, Rosa chinensis variety, Rosier du Bengale (cent-feuilles). Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses," Paris, 1828. Redoute was botanical artist to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. He painted over 170 watercolours of roses from the gardens of Malmaison.
RM2BT5G6T–Pink cabbage rose or Provence rose, Rosa centifolia, Rosier a cent feuilles. Stipple copperplate engraving by Couten handcoloured a la poupee after a botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from the first folio edition of Les Roses, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1817.
RM2A7NYD3–Provence rose, Rosa centifolia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
RMP5AXD7–Bengale centfeuilles rose, Rosa chinensis variety, Rosier du Bengale (cent-feuilles). Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses," Paris, 1828. Redoute was botanical artist to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. He painted over 170 watercolours of roses from the gardens of Malmaison.
RMT1AEEH–Pink cabbage rose or Provence rose, Rosa centifolia, Rosier a cent feuilles. Stipple copperplate engraving by Couten handcoloured a la poupee after a botanical illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from the first folio edition of Les Roses, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1817.
RMP5E6W6–Provence rose, Rosa centifolia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.
RM2A7EP07–Queen rose, Rosa regina rubicans, and moss rose, Rosa muscosa major. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc.