Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting Rosa spinosissima [Scotch rose], described on the title page as being 'drawn, engraved, described and coloured from the living plants'. Also including a coloured botanical detail. The book plate bears the imprints 'Pubd, as the Act Directs 1806 by H Andrews 5 Knightsbridge'. From the book 'Roses or a monograph of the genus Rosa' by Henry Charles Andrews