Roses offers the complete collection of artists Pierre Joseph Redoute and James Sowerby's magnificent engravings of rosesplus a DVD containing a complete library of images in one
unique, affordable package. Part of Collins Designs Mini Archive series, Roses is the first book to pair Sowerby, one of the fathers of English botany, with Redoute, the
Belgian-born artist known as the Raphael of Flowers in the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Dynamic and informative, with a comprehensive index allowing Sowerby and Redoutes
beautiful images to enter modern sciences botanical taxonomy, Roses is an essential collection for students, teachers, lovers of botany, and anyone stirred by the beauty of roses.
