Carl Gottlieb Rössig (1752-1806)

Carl Gottlieb Rössig (1752-1806)
Die Rosen nach der Natur gezeichnet und colorirt mit kurzen Botanischen Bestimmungen, Leipzig: Industrie-Comptoir, [1802–1820]
2 volumes bound in one, 60 hand-coloured etched plates after Luisa von Wagenheim, one folding, a few plates shaved with occasional loss of plate number, titles and text in German and French, spotted throughout, the later leaves especially so, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine with upper portion detached (but present), joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 4to

Provenance:
St Sitt in Cöln, bookplate;
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven

Literature:
Dunthorne 265; Nissen BBI 1666