Henry Charles Andrews (1794 - 1830), English botanist and botanical artist. He was married to the daughter of John Kennedy, nurseryman, of Lee & Kennedy, Hammersmith.
The plates and descriptions of his "Roses" were issued from 1805 to 1828. The 129 plates were rearranged by rose classes and reissued as Vol. I (plates 1-65) and Vol. II (plates 66-129). The first publication dates of the plates in Volumes I and II vary widely, however.
[From "The Philosophical Magazine", London, August 1805, p. 284-285:] Mr. Andrews’s Work on Roses.— It is not unworthy of remark, that the Rose, though it has ever been celebrated as the queen of flowers, has been very little an object of the attention of botanists. It is hoped that this unaccountable defect, which has frequently been objected to the science of botany, will be in some degree removed by the new work lately announced by Mr. H. C. Andrews of Knightsbridge, the merits of whose Botanist's Repository, and Engravings of Heaths, are well known. It is to be a complete Monograph of the Genus Rosa, and will contain coloured figures of all the known species of Roses, and their numerous and beautiful varieties, drawn, engraved, described, and coloured, from the living plants, by Mr. Andrews.
[From "Neues Journal für die Botanik", Vol. 2, 1807, p. 373-374:] Herr Andrews giebt eine Monographie über die Rosen unter folgendem Titel heraus
Roses; or a Monograph of the genus Rosa : containing coloured figures of all the known species and beautiful varieties, drawn, engraved, described and colourgd from the living plants. By H.,C, Andrews, Author of the Botanist's Repository and Coloured Engravings of Heaths. - Sold by the Author, at no. 5. Knightsbridge. – Werk erscheint in einzelnen Heften zu drei Tafeln Anfänglich ward monatlich ein Heft herausgegeben; vom 8ten Hefte an aber die Aenderung getroffen, dass alle Quartal ein Fascikel mit 3 Heften erscheint.
Translation: Mr. Andrews is issuing a Monography on Roses with the following title: [see in italics above] The work is published in individual booklets of three plates. Initially one booklet was published each month; from the 8th booklet onwards, however, a fascicle with 3 booklets will be published every quarter.
[From "Bibliotheca botanica rosarum", by Claude-Antine Thory, 1818, p. 5:] Roses. Andrews (H.-C.) Roses, or a monograph of the genus Rosa. London,
1787 et années suivantes in-4o.
[From "Catalogue d'Ouvrages Précieux et de Luxe...chez Artaria & Fontaine à Mannheim", 1820:] Andrews's Roses, or a ....London 805, No. 1-34 in-4. Each number for 4 Gulden.
[From "Veilingcatalogus boeeken van Baron J.C. Anderwerelt", 19 October 1826, The Hague, p. 56:] Andrews roses, or a monograph of the genus Rosa, Lond. 1805, 31 livr. en 15 cahiers, sur papier velin avec figures colorées.
[From
Rosetum gallicum, by Narcisse Desportes, 1828, p. ix:] Andrews (H.C.). Roses, or a monograph of the genus Rosa. London,
1787, in-4.
[From "Allgemeine Zeitung München", 5 April 1832, p. 514:] Sale of rare botanical works...H. Andrews, Roses, or a monograph of the genus Rosa, containing coloured figures of all the known species and beautiful varieties, Nr. 1-31 in 14 hafts. [binder?]. 4. [Quarto] London 805-806. stapled (Shop price 60 Reichsthaler) 26 Reichsthaler
