Les Roses, peintes par P. J. Redouté, décrites et classées selon leur ordre naturel, Par C. A. Thory. Troisième Édition. (3 Volumes) by Redouté, Pierre-Joseph [1759-1840]; Thory, Claude Antoine [1757-1827] - 1835

Paris & St-Pétersbourg: Chez P. Dufart (Paris); Chez J. F. Hauër et Cie (St-Pétersbourg), 1835 3 Volumes, 3rd octavo edition. Half-titles present, 2 lithograph portraits and 184 fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, occasional spotting (particularly to preliminary leaves of each volume), top edge gilt, early 20th century rose pink half morocco by Hatchards, gilt & onlay rose motif to spine compartments, joints of first volume slightly cracked and extremities slightly rubbed. 16,5cm x 24cm. Nissen BBI 1599. The last and most comprehensive edition of one of the greatest of all flower books, published under the direction of L.J. Pirolle, the collector of roses and tulips who had supplied Redoute with many of the specimens. It includes the famous frontispiece of a floral wreath, 23 new plates, portraits of Redoute and Thory, and a biographical note on Thory, none of which had appeared in either of the previous octavo editions, nor the first folio edition of 1790. Provenance: Henry W. Poor and Helen Janssen Wetzel (1895-1980), with gilt embossed leather book labels to upper pastedowns. Henry William Poor (1844-1915) was a prominent American banker, stockbroker, and author. He was a keen book collector and patron of the arts. In 1908 he had to liquidate his business following some major losses and his collection was dispersed by the New York based Anderson auction company in a series of sales from December 1908 - April 1909 and comprised some 5,427 items in total. Helen Janssen Wetzel (1895-1980) of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania was the daughter of textile industrialist Henry K. Janssen (1866-1948). She graduated at Smith College with a degree in botany, and was an authority on numerous species of flowers and plants. Photos available upon request. 3 kg. Photos availabe upon request.