The magnificent botanical library of the Stiftung fur Botanik Vaduz, Liechtenstein, collected by the late Arpad Plesch

Verlag: Sotheby's, London, 1975

Beschreibung

3 volumes 4to (28.5 cm), front., 252 pp; front., 265 pp; front., 209 pp. Publisher's printed boards (corners bumped, small closed tear at the tail of the spine of the first volume). Auction catalog of the sale of the magnificent botanical library collected by Hungarian Apad Plesh (1890-1974). The sale was conducted in London on June, 16, 1975 - March, 16, 1976. Lists of prices loosely inserted. The library was not only a magnificent collection from the bibliographical point of view, but also the working library of a serious botanical garden. Among the rarities were copies of Bonelli and Besler, first editions of Dodoens (Cruydeboek) and Fuchs, both with contemporary colouring, and a number of books unrecorded in botanical bibliography. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004861

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The magnificent botanical library of the ...

Verlag: Sotheby's, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1975

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine