Roses: Mini Archive with DVD

Roses offers the complete collection of artists Pierre Joseph Redoute and James Sowerby's magnificent engravings of roses plus a DVD containing a complete library of images in one unique, affordable package. Part of Collins Design s 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 Redoute s beautiful images to enter modern science s botanical taxonomy, Roses is an essential collection for students, teachers, lovers of botany, and anyone stirred by the beauty of roses.