Histoire Naturelle de la Rose

by Jean Louis Marie Guillemeau

$650 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Original pink paper wrappers Unsophisticated and uncut, in original wrappers. In this work, Guillemeau, a French physician and naturalist, describes several varieties of roses and their cultivation and provides classification based on Lamarck. The work also includes a chapter on the medicinal uses of roses, as well as recipes using rose water, oil, vinegar and syrups. The final chapter discusses the literary lore of the rose, and includes original poetry by the

• Binding: Wrappers

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