Mille et un Livres Botaniques; Repertoire Bibliographique de la Bibliotheque Arpad Plesch. by Plesch, Arpad - 1973

Bruxelles, Arcade. 1973. Original publisher's green cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, red/gold ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick square 4to: pictorial endpapers, coloured tipped-in frontispiece, frontispiece coloured portrait Plesch tipped-in, 520pp., and 32 other tipped-in coloured page-large plates, 26 text-plates in bl.& wh., 10 page-large bl.& wh. plates, notes & references, list of authors and main works upto the 19th century, abbreviations, index principal illustrators, subject index, index places, index astronomical signes, mythical names, paper sizes, references, list illustrations, bibliographical index. Dustjacket some wear. Fine copy. Cataloque raisonné of the botanical book-collection of Dr. Arpad Plesch. The most important private collection in the world.

Arcade Bruxelles, . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good In Dust Jacket With Edge Wear And Green Cloth Box. Quarto, Boxed. 1973 Tipped On Color Photo Frontis Of Collection Shelf With Printed Signature Below and A Second Of Plesch, B & W COLOR REPRODUCTIONS OF Illustrations From His Collection Quarto, Boxed, , PP.517, Bibliography of Plesch Collection D48fl

Bruxelles, Arcade, 1973, (cm. 26 x 29) Tela con titolo in oro al dorso.Ottimo stato. PRIMA EDIZIONE. 517, (2) pp.34 illustrazioni a colori a piena pagina. Importante catalogo della splendida collezione di libri di botanica illustrati che fu messa all'asta da Sotheby's nel 1975. Vengono fornite utili annotazioni e precise collazioni in numero decisamente superiore a quelle contenute nel catalogo di vendita dell'asta.

Bruxelles, Arcade. 1973. Original publisher's green cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, red/gold ornament frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick square 4to: pictorial endpapers, coloured tipped-in frontispiece, frontispiece coloured portrait Plesch tipped-in, 520pp., and 32 other tipped-in coloured page-large plates, 26 text-plates in bl.& wh., 10 page-large bl.& wh. plates, notes & references, list of authors and main works upto the 19th century, abbreviations, index principal illustrators, subject index, index places, index astronomical signes, mythical names, paper sizes, references, list illustrations, bibliographical index. Very fine copy - as new., Cataloque raisonné of the botanical book-collection of Dr. Arpad Plesch. The most important private collection in the world.

Brussels: Arcade, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover in solid slipcase. almost like new/Dj undamaged and in Mylar cover.. First Edition, large 4to, 12.5 x 11 x 2.75 inches, 9 lb 14 oz, 520pp., 34 colored illustrs., (full page), with a number of monochrome illustrs., (mostly facsimiles), orig. cloth, d.w. slip-case. Plesch's catalogue of his own magnificent library of illustrated botanical books, which was dispersed at Sotheby's in 1975-76. An important work giving collations, footnotes and bibliographical references. Records several thousand botanical works. Condition: almost like new, hardcover in solid slip-case.green decorative cloth, gilt spine, illustrated endpapers, green cloth slipcase. Dj undamaged and in Mylar cover. Slip-case with faint shelf wear. Pages clean, no markings, very faint browning. Ships from Hawaii.