1872 Rare Victorian Gardening Book - A book about Roses : How to grow and show them is a metaphor: it refers

is a metaphor: it refers to Notre Dame Cathedral

to reinforce the dynastic transition from the Valois to the Bourbon

Language : Text in Latin

nice exlibris of the famous entomologist "Alexander John Haddow"  on first endpaper - as shown)

1668  Complete 15 books of the Metamorphoses

1872 Rare Victorian Gardening Book - A book about Roses : How to grow and show them is a metaphor: it refersThis beautiful book has been sold Search for other similar book from our bookseller friends! (description) Author : Hole, S Reynolds. Title : A Book About Roses. How to Grow and Show Them. Publisher : Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1872. Fourth Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Language : Text in English. Size : 8 " X 6 " . Pages : 320 pages. Binding : Attractive and very good full Victorian decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and