The rose garden in two divisions : Division I. embracing the history of the poetry of the rose, the formation of the rosarium. Division II. containing an arrangement, in natural groups, of the most esteemed varieties of roses recognised and cultivated in the various rose gardens, English and foreign. By William Paul, F.L.S., &c. ...
William Paul (1822-1905)
Category
Books
Date
1903
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3221910
Summary
Bibliographic description
Tenth edition. [2] ,xiv, 382, [2] p., plates : ill. (wood engravings) ; 29cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher's full green cloth, blind and gilt embossed on upper cover, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Upper flyleaf missing.
Makers and roles
William Paul (1822-1905)