Arpad Plesch (43 results)
Language: English
Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet,, 1976
- Hardcover
Seller: Calliopebooks, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.Calliopebooks
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 176 Sotheby Pub. Pages all clean tight and bright, no marks. Red cloth hardcover is clean bright and strong.
Published by Sotheby & Co., London, 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller3 vols. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's printed boards. First edition. A little sunning and a few light marks to boards; light foxing to the edges of the text block; tight and sound. Printed price list for each auction laid in.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by SOTHEBY & CO, London, 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 3 vols, many full page plates, many coloured, crown 8vo, V.G., Sotheby & Co., London, 1975. * an excellent reference source with photocopies of prices loosely inserted.

Published by Monte-Carlo, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stiff covers worn and marked.English and French.Well bound.Vol.1 only.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Dr Arpad Plesch Centre de Recherches Botaniques, 1954
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wildside Books, Eastbourne, United KingdomWildside Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 116 pp, Preface and Introduction in French, Italian, Spanish and English and German, limp covers with embossed design. The covers are a little grubby and the glue to the hinge has dried in a small area leaving a small section of the text block slightly lifted but the… contents are firm. A catalogue issued from Arpad Plesch's ''La Leonina'' gardens offering plants and seeds in exchange to other botanical gardens and institutions.

Published by Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. 34-35 New Bond Street, London Monday 15 March and Tuesday 16 March . 1976., 1976
- Hardcover
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards. 4to. 11'' x 9''. Contains 209 pp with magnificent monochrome and colour illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition. Results sheet for this part and part 1 loosely inserted. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).
Published by London, Sotheby & Co., 1975-1976., 1976
- Hardcover
Seller: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomHünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3 vols. 4to. 250 + (1)pp; 265 + (3)pp; 209 + (1)pp. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's boards with titles on covers & spine. Sotheby's three-part sale in 863 lots of the celebrated botanical library of the Hungarian financier, Arpad Plesch (1889-1974). An important reference work, with collation, & n…otes & bibliographic reference. Part 3 has an 11-page index of provenances. Pt 1, A-G, 16-17 June, 1975. Pt 2, H-P, 17-18 November 1975. Pt 3, Q-Z, 15-16 March 1976. Spine ends of vol 2 worn. A good set, internally very clean. 3.45 kilos.
More imagesLanguage: German
Published by Wien, Manzsche Verlags- und Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1937
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Seller: ANTIQUARIAT Franke BRUDDENBOOKS, Lübeck, GermanyANTIQUARIAT Franke BRUDDENBOOKS
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Gr.-8°, Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 190 S., Originalbroschur, Einband leicht berieben, Rücken etwas lichtrandig, innen sauber und gut erhalten Wir senden umgehend mit beiliegender MwSt.Rechnung. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 270.
Published by Sotheby & Co., 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United KingdomR.E & G.B Way
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes, 4to, with plates, original boards., with price lists, top of spine of volume 2 slightly torn, PLEASE CONTACT SELLER FOR POSTAGE PRICES OUTSIDE UK.

Published by London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. -76, 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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3 Vols., 4to, coloured frontispieces, plates throughout, prices and buyer's names loosely inserted, orig. boards, 863 lots.

Published by London : Sotheby, 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerEdition Unstated. Good copies in the original title-blocked paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Volume 2 has some staining to front boards. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm. Contents: pt. 1. A-G (June 16-17,…1975) -- pt. 2. H-P (Nov. 17-18, 1975) -- pt. 3. Q-Z, and addenda (Mar. 15-16, 1976). Subjects: Plesch, Arpad Library ; Catalogs. Stiftung für Botanik Library ; Catalogs. Rare books ; Catalogs. 3 Kg.
More imagesPublished by London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 197-1976., 1976
- Hardcover
Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Isles Natural History Books
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Quarto,three volumes, 209 pp.,colour plates, paper covered boards with light wear, top edge very lightly foxed. Auction catalogue.

Published by London : Sotheby, 1975
- Hardcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Edition Unstated. Good copies in the original title-blocked paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Volume 2 has some staining to front boards. Remain quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm. Contents: pt. 1. A-G (June 16-17,…1975) -- pt. 2. H-P (Nov. 17-18, 1975) -- pt. 3. Q-Z, and addenda (Mar. 15-16, 1976). Subjects: Plesch, Arpad Library ; Catalogs. Stiftung für Botanik Library ; Catalogs. Rare books ; Catalogs. 1 Kg.
Published by London, 1936
Seller: Antiquariat Stefan Krüger, Essen, NRW, GermanyAntiquariat Stefan Krüger
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44 S. Oktn Gr.8° (backcover partly waterstained). Seltene Schrift des berühmten Sammlers botanischer Werke.
More imagesPublished by Arcade, Bruxelles, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellercloth, dust jacket, slipcase. thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. 517, (3) pages. Detailed description of the magnificent collection of books on flowers, fruits and plants formed by Arpad Plesch and later sold at auction. Fine in near fine jacket / slipcase. With a preface by Plesch in French and English. Filled with illust…rations including many in color. Plesch, Arpad (illustrator).
Published by Sotheby & Co, London
- Hardcover
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1975-1976. 3 vols. ([ix] 250 [1]; [viii] 265; [viii] 209p.), colored front., colored and b/w illus., original stiff printed boards, quarto format, with estimates and prices realized sheets for the third volume. Contents: v. 1, A-G. v. 2, H-P. v. 3, Q-Z and addenda.
More imagesPublished by Sotheby & Co., London, 1975-1976, 1976
- Hardcover
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, SwedenRönnells Antikvariat AB
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(12), 250, (2); (10), 265, (3); (10), 209, (1) pp. Illustrated. Publisher's printed boards. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped, else a fine set. With collector Árpád Plesch's book-plate on paste-down endpapers. Auction catalogue from Sotheby's sale of Hungarian banker and collector Árpád Plesch's collection of botanical book…s.

Published by London : Sotheby & Co., 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good copies in the original title-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 v. : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm. Contents: Part I: A-G : Days of Sale: Monday, 16th June 1975 Lots 1-154 ; Tuesday, 17th June…1975 Lots 155-308. -- 250 p. Part 2: H-P : Days of Sale: Monday, 17th November 1975 Lots 309-466 ; Tuesday, 18th November 1975 Lots 467-618. -- 265 p. Part 3: Q-Z and addenda : Days of Sale: Monday, 15th March 1976 Lots 619-746 ; Tuesday, 16th March 1976 Lots 742-863. -- 209 p. Subjects: Plesch, Arpad Library ; Catalogs; Plesch, Arpad Library; Plesch, Arpad; Stiftung für Botanik Library ; Catalogs; Stiftung für Botanik; Botany ; Bibliography ; Catalogs; Rare books ; Catalogs; Botanical illustration; Books Prices; Botany; Libraries; Catalogues; Auction sales. 3 Kg.

Published by London : Sotheby & Co., 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Very good copies in the original title-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 3 v. : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm. Contents: Part I: A-G : Days of Sale: Monday, 16th June 1975 Lots 1-154 ; Tuesday, 17th June…1975 Lots 155-308. -- 250 p. Part 2: H-P : Days of Sale: Monday, 17th November 1975 Lots 309-466 ; Tuesday, 18th November 1975 Lots 467-618. -- 265 p. Part 3: Q-Z and addenda : Days of Sale: Monday, 15th March 1976 Lots 619-746 ; Tuesday, 16th March 1976 Lots 742-863. -- 209 p. Subjects: Plesch, Arpad Library ; Catalogs; Plesch, Arpad Library; Plesch, Arpad; Stiftung für Botanik Library ; Catalogs; Stiftung für Botanik; Botany ; Bibliography ; Catalogs; Rare books ; Catalogs; Botanical illustration; Books Prices; Botany; Libraries; Catalogues; Auction sales. 1 Kg.
Published by Librairie de jurisprudence ancienne & moderne, 1937
- Softcover
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., JapanYushodo Co., Ltd.
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Softcover. Condition: Fair. 259p. Corners worn and torn.
More imagesPublished by Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this study of the tropical plants of France by Arpad Plesch, enclosed in its glassine wrap. The first edition of this work. In the original French language. Complete in the original and vanishingly scarce glassine dust wrapper…. Study the acclimatisation of tropical plants to the French climate.Illustrated with colour portrait frontispiece, five colour plates and five further sketches. Collated, complete.Written by Arpad Plesch, a Hungarian financier, banker, lawyer. He was the owner of a celebrated collection of rare botanical books and esoteric pornography. In the original publisher's leatherette binding. Externally lovely. Glassine wraps very smart with only light chipping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. pages bright and clean. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.

Published by Arcade Brussels, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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First Edition, large 4to, 520pp., 34 coloured illustrs., (full page), with a number of monochrome illustrs., (mostly facsimiles), orig. cloth, d.w. torn. 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 full collations, footnot…es and bibliographical references. Records several thousand botanical works, well in excess of the 863 items in the Sotheby's sale catalogues.
Published by Arcade, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Huge Hardcover wonderful color illustrations throughout in fine shape.
More imagesPublished by Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 1962
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce illustrated study on the acclimatization of tropical plants in France, in the original French language. French language. First edition. Scarce work with the original glassine dust wrapper. Illustrated with colour portrait frontispiece, five colo…ur plates and five sketches. Collated complete. A study of 3,500 varieties of plant and their acclimatization to the French climate from tropical regions. Written by Arpad Plesch, a Hungarian financier, banker, lawyer, and collector of rare botanical books. In the original green faux crocodile skin binding. Externally, excellent. Original glassine dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the tail of the spine. A 2" closed tear to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustrator). book.

Published by Bruxelles, Arcade. 1973, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Schot
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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 pa…ge-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.

Published by Arcade Brussels, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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First Edition, large 4to, 520pp., 34 coloured 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 full collations, fo…otnotes and bibliographical references. Records several thousand botanical works, well in excess of the 863 items in the Sotheby's sale catalogues.

Published by Bruxelles : Arcade, 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 517 p. : ports., illus., facsims. ; 31 cm. Notes; At head of title: Répertoire bibliographi…que de la bibliothèque Arpad Plesch. "Catalogue . redigé . par . Henry-Pierre Gourry." "Documentation consultée": p. 496. Subjects; Plesch, Arpad Library. Plesch, Arpad (1889-) Bibliothèque. Botany ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Botanical illustration History. Botany. Bibliographies. Plesch, Arpad. Botanical illustration. Catalogues. History. Botany ; Catalogs. Botanical illustration History. Botanical illustration. Botany. Libraries. Botanique Bibliographie Catalogues. Genres; Bibliographies. Bibliography. Bibliography - Catalogs. fCatalogs. Catalogue. History. Illustrated. Pictorial Work. 4 Kg.

Published by Bruxelles : Arcade, 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 517 p. : ports., illus., facsims. ; 31 cm. Notes; At head of title: Répertoire bibliographi…que de la bibliothèque Arpad Plesch. "Catalogue . redigé . par . Henry-Pierre Gourry." "Documentation consultée": p. 496. Subjects; Plesch, Arpad Library. Plesch, Arpad (1889-) Bibliothèque. Botany ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Botanical illustration History. Botany. Bibliographies. Plesch, Arpad. Botanical illustration. Catalogues. History. Botany ; Catalogs. Botanical illustration History. Botanical illustration. Botany. Libraries. Botanique Bibliographie Catalogues. Genres; Bibliographies. Bibliography. Bibliography - Catalogs. fCatalogs. Catalogue. History. Illustrated. Pictorial Work. 3 Kg.
More imagesPublished by Arcade, Brussels, 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.Rare Books Honolulu
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Hardcover in solid slipcase. Condition: almost like new. First Edition. 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 illustrate…d 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. Dj undamaged and in Mylar cover.

Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1975
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaKay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller
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. In three parts, each with coloured frontispiece and numerous full page (mostly black & white) illustrations, index; narrow demy 4to; printed papered boards, lightly soiled, worn at head and tail of spines, with 1.5 cm. x 2 cm. piece torn from foot of spine Part 2; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, 1975. *With Price Estimates… list loosely inserted in Parts 2 and 3.