amateur's rose book
Subtitle: comprising the cultivation of the rose in the open ground and under glass, the formation of the rosarium, the characters of wild and garden roses, the preparation of the flowers for exhibition, the raising of new varieties, and the work of the rose garden in every season of the year
By: by Shirley Hibberd ... ; illustrated.
Contributors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911.; Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893.; Simson and Co.
Edition: New edition.
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Published: 1878
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Roses.
Notes: Colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned.  All are with title captions.

Colour plates were printed by Benjamin Fawcett.  Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia.  Benjamin Fawcett: engraver and colour printer, 1988.

Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned.  A few are signed "E. Whymper Sc." [i.e. Edward Whymper?].  One is signed "WAD del." and "Beech", and another is signed: "Collings".

Includes small wood-engraved decorative initials and tail-pieces.

Includes "Index.": p. [256]-258.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-6] at end.

McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett, p. 169.

MASS copy: Bound in green sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind in the same design as McLean D 0506 and McLean D 0509.  Spine with imprint: "Groombridge".  Boards with bevelled edges.  With pale pastel yellow glazed endpapers.  With ownership inscription: "J. F. Cuthill".