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Mille et Un Livres Botaniques de la Collection Arpad Plesch. Repertoire Bibliographique. Catalogue Raisonne: Illustrated Bibliography of Botanical Books
by Arpad Plesch
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- almost like new/Dj undamaged and in Mylar cover.
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 622
- Title
- Mille et Un Livres Botaniques de la Collection Arpad Plesch. Repertoire Bibliographique. Catalogue Raisonne
- Author
- Arpad Plesch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in solid slipcase
- Book Condition
- New almost like new
- Jacket Condition
- Dj undamaged and in Mylar cover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Place of Publication
- Brussels
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 520
- Size
- 12.5 x 11 x 2.75 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Botanical books, flower books, mushroom
- Bookseller catalogs
- Artbooks; Illustrated Books; Science;
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Rare Books Honolulu is an online only bookstore in Hawaii, specializing in Hawaiiana, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions (New and Antiquarian), and "New But Already Out Of Print Books".
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