Henry Curtis | Beauties of the Rose, 1850, 2 volumes in 1

Henry Curtis

Beauties of the rose. Containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals. With plain instructions for their cultivation. Bristol: John Lavars; London: Groombridge & Sons, 1850

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to (352 x 267mm.), 38 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary maroon morocco gilt by Batchelor, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt edges, yellow endpapers, light scattered spotting

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 54; Nissen BBI 435