Quest for the Rose:: A Historical Guide to Roses [The rose in ancient history -- Dutch flower painting -- The Empress Josephine -- The rose quest in China -- Wild roses -- Old roses -- Found roses -- Climbers -- ramblers -- Modern roses -- Standards -- Shrub roses -- Ground cover roses -- Miniatures and patios -- English Roses -- Roses for the future]
Phillips, Roger, 1932- ; Rix, Martyn ; David Austin, Peter Beales, David Beattie, Norma Beattie, Magrit Blackthorn, Fred Boutine, Judith Bronkhurst, Tessa Clark, Yvonne Cocking, J N Coldstream, Margaret Collinson, Aline Converset, Harvey Davidson, Dale Ditmanson, Beverly Dobson, Margaret Drower, Pamela Egremont, Brent Elliott, Irving Finkel, Gianfranco Fineschi, george Fuller, Iris Furlong, Bill grant, Peter harkness, Chris Hill, Marie-Clair Howe, Murial Humenick, Bill Humenick, Rosalind Janssen, Kirk Johnson, John Killen, Kleine Lettunich, Greg Lowery, Barbara Levy, Sam McGredy, Clair Martin, Ian Martin, John Mattock, John Moffett, Ralph More, Lyvia Morgan, Jacques Mouchotte, Sarah O-Brien-Twohig, Charles d'Orban, Charles Quest-Ritson,
Language: English
Published by Random House, New York, 1994, 1994
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1st US edition ; 1st printing ; 256 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm ISBN 9780679435730, 0679435735 OCLC 423798023 LCCN 94027649 Classification - LC SB411 .P45 1993 Classification - Dewey 635.933372 ;black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Originally published in the United Kingdom by BBC Books . in 1993"--T.p. verso ; Accompanies the television series of the same name ; Contents: The rose in ancient history -- Dutch flower painting -- The Empress Josephine -- The rose quest in China -- Wild roses -- Old roses -- Found roses -- Climbers -- ramblers -- Modern roses -- Standards -- Shrub roses -- Ground cover roses -- Miniatures and patios -- English Roses -- Roses for the future -- recommended roses -- Futher reading -- Index -- The Family Tree ; FINE/FINE.
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- Quest for the Rose:: A Historical Guide to Roses [The rose in ancient history -- Dutch flower painting -- The Empress Josephine -- The rose quest in China -- Wild roses -- Old roses -- Found roses -- Climbers -- ramblers -- Modern roses -- Standards -- Shrub roses -- Ground cover roses -- Miniatures and patios -- English Roses -- Roses for the future]
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- Phillips, Roger, 1932- ; Rix, Martyn ; David Austin, Peter Beales, David Beattie, Norma Beattie, Magrit Blackthorn, Fred Boutine, Judith Bronkhurst, Tessa Clark, Yvonne Cocking, J N Coldstream, Margaret Collinson, Aline Converset, Harvey Davidson, Dale Ditmanson, Beverly Dobson, Margaret Drower, Pamela Egremont, Brent Elliott, Irving Finkel, Gianfranco Fineschi, george Fuller, Iris Furlong, Bill grant, Peter harkness, Chris Hill, Marie-Clair Howe, Murial Humenick, Bill Humenick, Rosalind Janssen, Kirk Johnson, John Killen, Kleine Lettunich, Greg Lowery, Barbara Levy, Sam McGredy, Clair Martin, Ian Martin, John Mattock, John Moffett, Ralph More, Lyvia Morgan, Jacques Mouchotte, Sarah O-Brien-Twohig, Charles d'Orban, Charles Quest-Ritson,
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- Random House, New York, 1994
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- 1994
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