Grande cuisse de nymphe rose, great maiden's blush rose, Rosa alba hybrid, and Duchess of Portland rose, Rosa portlandica. Handcoloured illustration by Pancrace Bessa stipple engraved by Teillard from Charles Malo's "Histoire des Roses," Paris, 1818. A gift book for ladies with 12 miniature botanicals by Bessa, one of the great French flower painters of the 19th century.

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