Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Du Maître d'École Gallica. Coquereau, 1831. The author cites information from different sources... Lilac pink... Delicate rose... Maître-École is the name of an area in the city of Angers, in France, where several breeders had property: Coquereau had land there in the 1830s-1840s; Moreau-Robert had a clos ("enclosure") there by 1866, perhaps handed down from his predecessors Vibert, Robert, and/or Robert & Moreau; later, ca. 1900, Chédane-Guinoisseau also owned property at Maître-École.

Book  (Jul 1998)  Page(s) 252-253.  
 
Rose de la Maître École Coquereau, 1831. Habit: upright shrub (0,90 m to 1 m); some prickles and very fine bristles. Foliage: dark; elliptical leaflets, medium to large. Bloom: solitary or in clusters of 2 to 3 blooms; medium size; double, cupped; at the centre, a crown of petals not utilized, outer petals reflex. Colour: lilac-pink. Fragrance: strong.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 141.  
 
Miellez (France) 1840. Description and vital statistics. The large, fully double flowers, opening flat and quartered, are unusual, being predominantly pink with lilac highlights and magenta shadings... (The rose is named after a village near Angers in France and so the name 'Rose du Maitre d'Ecole' is incorrect.)

Book  (Sep 1996)  Page(s) 40.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rose du Maître d'Ecoloe (but 'Rose de la Maître-Ecole' is the correct name)... La Maître-Ecole is a district of Angers, once home to a famous school of horticulture.

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 74.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 32.  
 
('du Maître d'École') Description... practically thornless... Arches under the weight of the exceptionally large blooms... up to 5 inches across and very double. One of the great flowers of old days.

Book  (1994)  Page(s) 101.  
 
From the schoolmaster's garden

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 517.  
 
Rose du Maître d'École Gallica, soft pink to lilac.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 45.  Includes photo(s).
 
Du Maître d'École ('Rose du Maître d'École') Gallica. Parentage unknown. France 1840. Description and cultivation... Red buds open to large, 13 cm (5 in) fragrant rose, lilac and pink flowers which fade in the sun...

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 45.  
 
A Gallica rose bought by Constance Spry from Pajotin-Chedane's nursery at La Maitre Ecole but apparently not raised by them. Flowers very well scented, red in bud, opening pink, fading to greyish mauve in the sun. Low sturdy growth to 1 m. Nearly thornless.