Illustrated Interpretation of the Rose Bible Author: Wang Guoliang / Illustrated by [France] Pierre-Joseph Redoute Publisher: CITIC Publishing Group

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★ The Museum Edition of "Rose Bible", the only detailed text version in China! The clearest and most color-reduced complete set of atlases collected by the New York Public Library in the United States is authorized for publication in China for the first time. "World Rose Master" Wang Guoliang spent more than ten years researching and explaining the roses in the book, which has both artistic appreciation and scientific value.
★ "The Rose Bible" was created by the French botanical painting master Redoute, known as the "Raphael of Flowers", over a period of 20 years. It includes 169 kinds of graceful roses. Because of its strong artistry and rigorous scientific nature, it is praised by later generations as "the most elegant academic and the most beautiful research". More than 200 versions in different languages ​​have been published, and it has an irreplaceable position and value in history.
★ Complete collection of 169 illustrations in the "Rose Bible". Wang Guoliang, the only winner of the "World Rose Master Award" in China, spent more than ten years to select 85 classic rose varieties, and to verify and explain them in detail. First, the outdated old names in the original version were eliminated, and the inaccurate common names were corrected. According to their varieties, forms, classifications, etc., the appropriate and standardized names were finally determined to facilitate domestic and foreign exchanges. Secondly, in simple and easy-to-understand text, the morphological characteristics, growth habits, and reasons for naming of each rose are explained in an easy-to-understand manner, and high-definition rose photos found from all over the world are added to compare with the atlas, helping readers to transcend time and space, clearly identify the roses in the painting, and appreciate each rose with a spirit of naturalism. In addition, the remaining 84 atlases are compiled into a book in the form of a vertical flip book, which is convenient for readers to collect and appreciate and for painting enthusiasts to copy.
★ The complete set of atlases collected by the New York Public Library in the United States is authorized to be published in China for the first time. It is the clearest and most color-reduced version of the picture in China. Currently, there are only three sets of the "Rose Bible" in the world. This is one of them, well preserved and extremely precious.
★ The author's earlier research conclusion on the origin and evolution of roses, "Chinese roses, the world's roses", was confirmed for the first time in a systematic, visual and archival form through the Rose Bible. The modern roses pioneered by the West were actually cultivated on the basis of Chinese roses. For the Chinese, it has enabled the origin of Chinese roses to clear the fog of thousands of years, and is of great significance in tracing the origin of roses.
★ Full-color four-color hardcover, with gold-stamping on the cover, showing the noble and elegant style of roses. Comes with a decorative painting of the rose scent of Queen Josephine, which permanently seals the specially customized rose scent in the atlas. Just rub it repeatedly on the rose a few times to smell the faint floral fragrance, bringing a full range of sensory experience. Exclusively customized gift box outer packaging, upgraded protection, heartfelt and artistic, it is indeed a great product for collection and gift giving.
The Rose Bible was created by the botanical painting master Pierre-Joseph Redoute over a period of 20 years. Most of the 169 rare roses included in the book come from Queen Josephine's rose garden. The roses he painted have the composition of early Renaissance still life paintings, the rendering of subtle morphological features, and the restoration of gorgeous colors. Therefore, the Rose Bible is praised as "the most elegant academic and the most beautiful research", and has become a world-renowned rose atlas recognized by later generations.
This book was written by Wang Guoliang, the only winner of the "World Rose Master Award" in China and vice president of the Rose Branch of the China Flower Association, who spent more than ten years. The author selected 85 representative classic rose varieties from the "Rose Bible", verified and explained them in detail, corrected the outdated and inaccurate names in the original version, and explained the origin, naming, characteristics, classification, etc. of roses in an easy-to-understand way. He also added high-definition rose photos found from all over the world and compared them with the atlas, helping readers to transcend time and space, clearly identify the roses in the painting, and appreciate each rose with a spirit of naturalism.
About the Author
Wang Guoliang is the only Chinese winner of the Great Rosarians of the World Award. He is also the vice president of the Chinese Rose Association, a part-time professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, and a national flower evaluation expert of the China Forestry and Grassland Administration. He has been engaged in the research of the origin and evolution, collection and preservation, identification and appraisal, breeding and innovation, landscape design and construction of Chinese roses, roses and roses for a long time, and enjoys a high reputation internationally. His book Ancient Chinese Roses is praised by the international academic community as an "epic contemporary rose masterpiece".
Pierre-Joseph Redoute, a famous botanical painter, is known for his exquisite and delicate flower paintings, especially roses and lilies. He is known as the "Raphael of Flowers". He illustrated nearly 50 botanical works in his lifetime, including "The Bible of the Rose" and "Atlas of Lilies".