Book  (1986)  Page(s) 38.  Includes photo(s).
 
Boule de Nanteuil 1848. Description... large, very double, deep pink flowers with silvery shades on the outside...

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 153.  
 
Mid-19th Century. Origin and parentage unknown. Description... flowers: double, flat, quartered, deep pink, almost cerise with silver overtones...

Book  (1984)  Page(s) 37.  
 
‘Boule de Nanteuil’ = Les roses galliques. Grandes fleurs doubles, rose foncé intérieurement, mais rose argenté en dehors.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Boule de Nanteuil (gallica) A charming rose.  Fully double, deep pink flowers with silver overtones.  Fragrant. Mid 19th Century.  (S) 4 x 4’ 

Website/Catalog  (1976)  Page(s) 21.  
 
BOULE DE NANTEUIL. Carmin noirâtre mêlé de rose carmin.

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Boule de Nanteuil Gallica... rich crimson-purple or blackish carmine, varying.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 96, 505.  
 
p. 96: Boula de nanteuil, Comte (Provins) ? ? ; light purple, large, double.

p. 505: Nanteuil, Boule de (Provins) ? before 1848; violet-purple, shaded blackish carmine and mixed with flesh-pink, very large, very double, globular, fine form, robust branches, growth 8/10.

Website/Catalog  (1914)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Boule de Nanteiul Crimson purple, very large. Gall.

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 213.  
 
....Gallica roses, some of them of gorgeous colouring and luxurious growth, both as to flowers and foliage, e.g. Boula de Nanteuil, d’Aguesseau, Ohl, and Shakspere [sic]; but they were apt to display ‘an eye’ on their journey to the Show, and this was as offensive to the exhibitor opening his box as the glass eye of the French cook gazing on his mistress from the centre of the tureen when she began to distribute the soup!

Book  (1906)  Page(s) 37.  
 
2.392 Comte Boula de Nanteuil, Provins, pourpre clair