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
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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