Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Mazeppa Gallica. Breeder unknown, pre-1841. The author cites information from different sources... Bright red, edged and marbled with white... shaded pink, petal edges paler... Ivan Stepanovich Mazeppa, lived ca. 1645-1710; courageous Cossack known to the kings of Poland, Russia, and Sweden.

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 235.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mazeppa Before 1841. Habit: upright shrub; attains 1.80 m height and as much width; strong branches; no prickles on old wood, some on new, and bristles. Foliage: abundant; large elliptical leaflets, longer than the gallica type. Bloom: sometimes solitary or in pairs, more often by 3 to 4; medium size, double, in irregular quarters; rosette and minute eye in the centre. Colour: soft pink at the centre, lilac-pink at the edges; reverse lighter; blues when agingg. Fragrance: Strong. The first mention of this rose...is in the catalogue of Verdier of 1841, who describes it as "medium or large, full, domed, shaded pink with pale edges". ..

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Description. Prior to 1848. Large bush with extra good large foliage. The flowers are among the largest and most handsome, dark crimson-pink fading at the edges; large button eyes.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 369.  
 
Mazeppa Gallica, red, edged and marbled with white, Prior to 1848.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 40.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mazzeppa Gallica. 1848. Description... double, pink, fragrant blooms...

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 467.  
 
Mazeppa (Provins) ? before 1848; pink, edges shaded and mottled paler, medium to large, double, globular

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 216.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Mazeppa, Blumen mittelgroß oder groß, voll, kugelförmig, rosa nüancirt, die Berandung blässer.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Mazeppa, the full, cupped flowers are of average or large size, shaded pink with petal edges paler.

Magazine  (1847)  Page(s) 174.  
 
Roses Non Remontantes. Provins....
Mazeppa, — rose vif; fleurs moyennes et très-nombreuses.

Book  (1847)  Page(s) 551.  
 
Rosier de Provins. Rosa Gallica.
Variétés jardinières.
Mazeppa. Fleurs moyennes ou grandes, pleines, bombées, rose nuancé, à bords pâles.

Magazine  (1846)  Page(s) 274.  
 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society...June 20th...Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited upward of five hundred varieties of hardy roses....The following are the names of the thirty prize flowers:- Gallica....Mazeppa....