CURTIS, Henry (1819-1889). Beauties of the Rose, containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals. With plain instructions for their cultivation. Bristol and London: John Lavars and Groombridge & Sons, 1850-1853.
CURTIS, Henry (1819-1889). Beauties of the Rose, containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals. With plain instructions for their cultivation. Bristol and London: John Lavars and Groombridge & Sons, 1850-1853. 2 volumes, 4 o (266 x 211 mm). Lithographed calligraphic titles printed in gold, 38 hand-colored lithographic plates by Henry Curtis, printed by John Lavars. (A few plates with some light spotting or soiling.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt (light wear to spines and corners). FIRST EDITION. A fine selection of the rose cultivars or hybrids available through a commercial nursery. Curtis was the proprietor of the West of England Roseries, Moorend, Bristol and apparently of another nursery at Westbury-on-Trym. He appears to have drawn all of the plates from examples grown in his own nurseries, and with each gives practical advice on their cultivation based on his own experiences. Great Flower Books (1990) p.88; Nissen BBI 435; Pritzel 435. (2)
CURTIS, Henry (1819-1889). Beauties of the Rose, containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals. With plain instructions for their cultivation. Bristol and London: John Lavars and Groombridge & Sons, 1850-1853.
CURTIS, Henry (1819-1889). Beauties of the Rose, containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals. With plain instructions for their cultivation. Bristol and London: John Lavars and Groombridge & Sons, 1850-1853. 2 volumes, 4 o (266 x 211 mm). Lithographed calligraphic titles printed in gold, 38 hand-colored lithographic plates by Henry Curtis, printed by John Lavars. (A few plates with some light spotting or soiling.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt (light wear to spines and corners). FIRST EDITION. A fine selection of the rose cultivars or hybrids available through a commercial nursery. Curtis was the proprietor of the West of England Roseries, Moorend, Bristol and apparently of another nursery at Westbury-on-Trym. He appears to have drawn all of the plates from examples grown in his own nurseries, and with each gives practical advice on their cultivation based on his own experiences. Great Flower Books (1990) p.88; Nissen BBI 435; Pritzel 435. (2)
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