Catalogue of roses cultivated for sale by Wm. Paul & Son

‘For Autumn 1886 & Spring 1887’. Waltham Cross [U.K.] : William Paul & Son, 1886. Quarto, illustrated yellow wrappers, pp. iv (printed on pink paper), 48, black and white engraved illustrations of roses, a very good copy.

William Paul (1822–1905) was a noted English horticulturalist and writer, perhaps best known for his book The Rose Garden (1848). The illustrated catalogue contains detailed descriptions of several hundred rose varietals, with prices.

Rare.