Book  (2022)  Page(s) 53.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Incomparable d'Auteuil' (Laffay, before 1827) Growth habit: upright, bushy, 1.20 m, slender stems, jumbled, fine prickles, bristles. Foliage: dark green, coarse, leathery, leaflets clearly honeycombed, lanceolate-elliptical, 5-7. Flowers: abundant, in clusters, medium to large, well filled, lightly quartered, flat, rosette around the eye, similar to a chrysanthemum. Colour: carmine-red, striped white, fading lilac pink. Scent: strong. Name: The Incomparable from Auteuil, a temporary domicile of Laffay.

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 151.  
 
INCOMPARABLE. Vibert, 1820. Habit: upright shrub; slightly hooked prickles, bristles. Foliage: dark green, quite small elliptical leaflets, waffled. Bloom: in pairs or by 3; medium size, double, rosette form; small eye in the centre; long sepals; the edges of the petals cut. Colour: purple-pink mottled; fades to very pale. Fragrance: moderate to strong. ...There were three successive "Incomparable"... The third was obtained by Vibert in 1820; he describes it himself as "large, full, shaded purple". It is probably this third variety which is still at L'Haÿ.

Article (newsletter)  (1996)  Page(s) 45.  
 
One of many Gallicas produced in the Low Countries before 1814 and still with us today.

Website/Catalog  (1923)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Provins. Incomparable (Netherlands, 1800). Carmine-pink.

Book  (1844)  Page(s) 308.  
 
Provins plus ou moins altérées.
Incomparable, grande, pleine, pourpre-nuancé.

Magazine  (1842)  Page(s) Vol. 2, n.17, p. 303-304.  
 
Exposition Spéciale des Roses et le Bazar horticole de la Fête-Dieu 1842 [May 27 - June 3] ... M. Vibert, route de Paris, à Angers...
Provins plus ou moins altérés. Adèle Heu. Agnodice. Alvarès. ardoisée. beauté parfaite. belle Rosine. belle cramoisie. belle de Crécy. belle Esquermoise. Bérénice. bijou des amateurs. bouquet charmant. Buffon. Cicéron. columelle. comte Lacépède. comte de Nanteuil. Cornélie. couronne impériale. Cyntie. d'Aguesseau. duc de Bordeaux. duc d'Aremberg. duc de Trévise. duchesse d'Abrantes. duchesse de Beuckleuck. Duguesclin. éclat des roses. enchanteresse. Eucharis. Eugénie. Eurydice. Fanny Bias. Girardon. Henrion de Pansey. Hermione. honneur de Flandre. Idalise. incomparable. infante. Isoline. Jeanne Seymour. Juanita. Julie d'Etanges. Latone. la ville de Gand. le cordon bleu. Maritorne. Marequitta. Mathieu Molé. Monthyon. Moyse. Nausicaé. Nelly. Nestor. Ninon de Lenclos. ombrée parfaite. oracle du siècle. Pergolèse. Properœ. roi do Rome. Rosamonde. Sanchette. Sophie Cottin. sœur hospitalière. Théagène. Théodolinde. Virginie. Washington.