By Jennifer Potter
London   Callisto
9.5" by 7" xxi, [1], 521pp.
An exceptional first impression of this horticultural study of the rose by Jennifer Potter.
By Jennifer Potter

2010 The Rose: A True History

London   Callisto
9.5" by 7" xxi, [1], 521pp.
An exceptional first impression of this horticultural study of the rose by Jennifer Potter.
£35.00
: 1.5kgs / : 855A27

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, first impression of this work. 

Acclaimed horticultural historian Jennifer Potter writes the history of the rose "from the Greek and Roman Empires she travels across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas to unravel its evolution from a simple briar of the northern hemisphere to the height of cultivated perfection  found in rose gardens today" (excerpt from front fly leaf). 

Complete with unclipped dust wrapper.

Lavishly illustrated in text both in colour and in black and white.

Condition

In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

Fine

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