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Fig. 1. Rosa sempervirens. Fig. 2. Rosa bracteata. / Rosier toujours vert. Rosier a Bractees. T. 7. No. 13.

  • ARTIST: Pancrace Bessa

  • PUBLISHER: Published Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Stipple engraving printed in colors and finished by hand,

    DATE: 1800-1825.

  • EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 x 8 1/2" (305 x 217 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Drawn by Bessa, a colleague of Pierre Joseph Redoute, probably the most celebrated flower painter in history, From Duhamel de Monceau's "Traite des Arbres et Arbustes."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition with original color.

  • REFERENCE: DeBelder #111. Dunthorne #243. Nissen #549.