The following list of books are illustrated in colour by an artist rather than a photographer. They have been illustrated by the author or commissioned for the book. (Two exceptions which I have included are The King Penguin and ‘A Garden of Roses’ edited by Graham Stuart Thomas. The first includes Redoute illustrations and the second illustrations by Alfred Parsons.
‘A Collection of Roses from Nature’ (1799) Mary Lawrence
‘Roses: or a Monograph of the Genus Rosa’ (!805’1828) H.C. Andrews
‘Rosarium Monographia: or a botanical history of roses’ (1820,1830) John Lindley
‘The Rose Garden’ (1848) William Paul.
‘Beauities of the Rose’ (1850,1853) Henry Curtis
‘The Amateur’s Rose Book’ (1874) Shirley Hibberd
‘Roses and their Culture’ (1892) W.D. Prior
‘Roses and their Cultivation’ (1899) T.W. Sanders
‘Roses’ (1911) H.R. Darlington
‘Beautiful Roses for Gardens and Greenhouse’ (1903) John Weathers’
‘The Amateur Gardener’s Rose book’ (1905) Julius Hoffmann
‘Roses and Rose Gardens’ (1911) Walter P. Wright
‘Genus Rosa’ (1914) Ellen Willmott
‘Rose Gardening: how to manage roses and enjoy them’ (1921) Mary Hampden
‘A Book of Roses’ (1939) J. Ramsbottom
‘Old Garden Roses’ (1955, 1957) Sitwell, Russell and Blunt
‘Collins Guide to Roses’ (1956) Bertram Park
‘Climbing Roses Old and New (1965) Graham Stuart Thomas
‘Roses’ (1965) Anne Ophelia Dowden and Richard Thomson
‘Methuen Handbook of Roses’ (1966) Eigil Kiaer
‘Roses’ (1969) C.C. Harris
‘Roses’ (1971) Ludvik Vecera
‘Shrub Roses for Every Garden’ (1973) Michael Gibson
‘Shrub Roses of Today’ (1974) Graham Stuart Thomas
‘Roses’ (1976) Kenneth A. Beckett
‘The Book of the Rose’ (1980) Michael Gibson
‘A Garden of Roses’ (1987) edited by Graham Stuart Thomas
‘The Complete Flower Paintings and Drawings of Graham Stuart Thomas (1987)
‘The Concise Illustrated Book of Roses’ (1989) Beatrix Hamilton
‘Roses in a Suffolk Garden’ (1990) Josephine Walpole
‘A Little Book of Old Roses’ (1992) Hazel le Rougetel
‘The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book’ (1994) Graham Stuart Thomas
‘A Little Book of Modern Roses’ (1995) Hazel le Rougetel
‘Roses’ (1996) Lindsay Bousfield
‘Roses: a celebration (2003) Wayne Winterrowd
‘Rosie Sander’s Roses: a celebration in botanical art (2009) Rosie Sanders