

No. 62 of 100 · The Botanical Series
Red French Rose
Pictures by Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Pierre-Joseph Redouté's red French rose blooms on the cover, with a simple Happy Valentine's Day inside. Redouté, called the Raphael of flowers, painted for Marie Antoinette and the Empress Joséphine, and the red rose has stood for love since it was the flower of Venus in ancient Rome. For the one you love.
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Inside, it says
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
On the back
From the great botanical books of the 1700s to the 1900s / RED FRENCH ROSE / Rosa gallica 'Pontiana' / The red rose has stood for love since ancient Rome, where it was the flower of Venus. The red French rose, its oldest garden form, was also the red rose of Lancaster. / Les Roses, 1817–1824 / By Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the Raphael of flowers, who painted for Marie Antoinette and the Empress Joséphine. Printed in colour and finished by hand.
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