Website/Catalog  (2016)  
 
The plant directory of the Landscape Park Schönbusch near Aschaffenburg of 1783 includes a rose list which gives new insights into "early Roses". This was first published by Mr. Albert Jost in the Magazine Zandera (2010).
The directory is the earliest known document to date that lists new Roses with French names in a considerable scope. This type of name-giving was typical for Daniel August Schwarzkopf, the Court Gardener at Kassel. Many roses which are liste in the Schönbusch Directory were oviously obtained from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Hesse, as several of the listed sorts were provenly obtained there. Moreover Christian Bode, the Court Gardener in Schönbusch, had came there in 1781 from Kassel, where he had been educated in the princely gardens.
For this reason, several of the early roses which were thought to be of Dutch or French origin, should be assumed now to be German obtentions.
Examples are:
'Aimable Rouge' (1783)
'Rose Incomparable' (1783)
'Belle sans Flatterie' (1783)
'Manteau Pourpre' (1783)
'Soleil Brillant' (1783)

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Manteau Pourpre [under the entry for 'L'Évêque', of which Jules Gravereaux says this rose is a sub-variety.]

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Rouge Formidable ('Aldégonde', 'André Du Pont', 'Belle Bourbon', 'Du Pont', 'Dupont', 'Grande Condé', 'Manteau Pourpre', 'Manteau Rouge', 'Pontiana', 'Porcia', Pourpre Cramoisi', 'Violet Brillant') Translation: "Formidable Red". The author cites information from different sources... crimson... violet purple... fiery red...

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 96-97.  Includes photo(s).
 
Manteau Pourpre Before 1811. Synonyms: Manteau rouge (after Pirolle, 1826). Manteau royal (after Noisette, 1826). In the collections of L'Haÿ and Sangerhausen...'Manteau pourpre' is attributed to Vibert, 1823. It seems that this in an error. ...this variety is mentioned by Guerrepain, in 1811, who gives the following description: "The bloom...is of a very elegant form; its colour is of great freshness, of a deep and brilliant pink. It is not very double, but exhales a very agreable fragrance. The petals on the circumference of the bloom are edged with a darker red than that of Mahoeca; the reverse is glazed, it is without doubt this distinctive mark which has given it the name Manteau Pourpre, which hardly fits, as it is not purple; the petals are frizzy, cut, placed on the calyx with grace...The foliage is elongated, deeply serrated, brilliant green. The calyx of the bloom is round, finely formed." The specimens at L'Haÿ and Sangerhausen do not seem to correspond to this description; for this reason we do not propose any [description].

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 306.  
 
Belle Bourbon (Descemet). 'Nouvelle Bourbon' (Vibert) Gallica. Included in the collection of the Luxembourg Garden around 1852-1860.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Gallica (OGR), medium red. Flowers vivid red, very double.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 98, 168, 450, 574, 575.  
 
p. 98: Bourbon, Belle (Provins) ? ? ; purple-violet.

p. 168: Condé Grand (Provins) ? ? ; violet-purple = Rouge formidable.

p. 450: Manteau pourpre (Provins) Vibert 1823; purple-red

p. 574: Pontiana = André Dupont.

p. 575: Porcia (Provins) ? 1820; violet-purple. = Aldegonde.

Book  (1912)  Page(s) 57.  
 
Catalogue des Roses exposées
49. André Du Pont.—Provins.
Cette variété était connue dans les pépinières sous le nom de Rouge formidable lorsque Redouté la dédia au célèbre rosiériste. Elle subit d'autres baptêmes puisque Prévost dit l'avoir reçue sous quatorze noms différents!

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 10.  
 
679. André Dupont, Provins, rouge éclatant, syn. Pontiana

R = dans les Roses de Redouté

Magazine  (2 Dec 1858)  Page(s) 380.  
 
Besides the officinal semi-double Rosa officinalis, which is still cultivated in Provins and which is said to distinguish itself by a very agreeable fragrance, there are 3 other main groups [of Rosa gallica]:
a) Seraglio or Sultan Roses (Rosa Maheka)....[see].
b) Velvet Roses (Rosa holosericea) ...[see]
c) Bishop roses have almost completely disappeared from gardens and distinguish themselves from the prior two in that they are darker towards the edges but lighter in the center. Famous were once König von Persien [Roi de Perse] and Purpurmantel [Manteau pourpre]. We haven't seen any appreciables in latest times, if we do not want to include Latour d'Auvergne, Meyerbeer, Pierre Janssens and Triomphe des écarlates herein.