Plesch Arpad (45 results)

Condition: Good. 1954. No Edition Stated. 257 pages. No dust jacket. Vol. I. In French with some English. Brown boards with black lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges.Previous owner's name plate to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards.

3 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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, & notes & 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.

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.

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.

3 Vols., 4to, coloured frontispieces, plates throughout, prices and buyer's names loosely inserted, orig. boards, 863 lots.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. First Edition. Auction Catalog; Botany; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 209 pages; Magnificant Collection Of Botanical Books. Catalog for an auction held Apr. 27-28, 1987. 4to. Maroon cloth; some lt soiling/spotting to exterior. Formed by Robert D Beldee and consigned by Bernard Qyaritch.

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. 3 Kg.

Quarto,three volumes, 209 pp.,colour plates, paper covered boards with light wear, top edge very lightly foxed. Auction catalogue.

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.

cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. Plesch, Arpad (illustrator). 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 illustrations including many in color.

44 S. Oktn Gr.8° (backcover partly waterstained). Seltene Schrift des berühmten Sammlers botanischer Werke.

1975-1976. 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.

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. 3 Kg.

(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 books.

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.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. 259p. Corners worn and torn.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- ENVOI DE Arpad PLESCH ---- Bruxelles, Arcade, 1973, un volume grand in 4 relié en pleine toile éditeur, 517pp. ---- Catalogue de la bibliothèque de livres botaniques de Arpad PLESCH**5632/CAV.G6. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). 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. book.

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, footnotes and bibliographical references. Records several thousand botanical works, well in excess of the 863 items in the Sotheby's sale catalogues.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Huge Hardcover wonderful color illustrations throughout in fine shape.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). 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 colour 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. book.

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.

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, footnotes and bibliographical references. Records several thousand botanical works, well in excess of the 863 items in the Sotheby's sale catalogues.

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 bibliographique 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.

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 bibliographique 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.