Rose photo courtesy of jedmar

From Conrad Gessner's "Icones Stirpium ex Historia Plantarum", 1565, plate 385 recto [Identified as Rosa centifolia by Steinmann, but the specific reference to the size of the bloom points to an early reference of 'Rose de Meaux' See References for text] Courtesy of Cantonal Library of Aargau

Uploaded 19 MAR 24

Rose photo courtesy of jedmar

From "Rosen-Sammlung zu Wilhelmshöhe", by Salomon Pinhas, 1815, tab 48 Courtesy of Google

Uploaded 10 JUL 23

Rose photo courtesy of jedmar

From "Lyon horticole", July 1909, No. 13, p. 242 Courtesy of BnF Gallica

Uploaded 21 JAN 24

Rose photo courtesy of orsola

From my collection. Poland.

Uploaded 9 JUL 22