Pink millefolia rose, Rosa millefolia rubra, and alpine rose, Rosa pendulina inermis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc.

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