(Roses)    ANONYMOUS.   LES ROSES. ÉTRENNES AU DAMES.       &nbspParis: E. Hocquart et Delaunoy,   1814.          First edition, including an almanach for 1814. A charming gift book focused on the rose with a colored title vignette of Cupid watering a rose bush with his watering can. There are twelve engraved and colored plates of roses here accompanied by brief descriptive text. The roses illustrated are: Rose Bicolore; Rose a Cent Feuilles; Rose de Provins; Rose panachée; Rose des quatre saisons panachée; rose blanche; rose jaune; rose muscate; rose canelle; rose du Bengale; Rosier multicolore; Rose à bractée. The portion of the text describing the roses is followed by an anthology of verse dedicated primarily to the rose. As in another well preserved copy we have owned, some of the color plates rendered in light colors are subject to pigment discoloration or darkening. In an excellent decorative period binding.   12mo (12.8 x 8 cm); 143 pp. with colored vignette on title page + 12 hand-colored plates.   Grand-Carteret 1710; Stock 2406          Contemporary full calf with gilt foliage border decoration on upper and lower covers, gilt decorated spine with alternating rose fleurons, gilt lettered title piece; inner gilt borders, a.e.g.; marbled end papers with bookplate of M. de St. Hilaire; the text and plates are fresh and bright; in spite of the absence of foxing, there is pigment discoloration to the light colors, especially white, heavier in 4 plates and lighter in 2 - this was the case in another copy we owned. Apart from this, an exceptionally well preserved copy. $800.00

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