An Exceedingly Rare Large-Paper Example of Redout_ês "Les Roses,”Flawlessly Hand-Colored by the Artist Himself; Les Roses; Paris: Firmin Didot, 1817-1824. 3 volumes. Folio (21 x 14 "). Half-titles, engraved portrait of Redout_ by C. S. Pradier after Gerard, stippled engraved wreath and 169 stipple-engraved plates after Redout_ by Bessa, Bessin, Chapuy, Langlois, Victor and others, printed in colors and finished by hand (tear repaired crossing the text on page 71 of volume one, the first plate of volume 3 lightly spotted, some occasional spotting). Contemporary French purple half morocco by Simier, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities a bit scuffed). Provenance: From the library of the Marquises of Bath at Longleat. RESERVE.