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The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik Vaduz Liechenstein collected by the late Arpad Plesch. 3 vols complete set

1976BIBLIO-22873Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications first editions sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975 17th and 18th November 1975 and 15th and 16th March 1976. 3 vols printed boards large 8vo. frontispiece x 251 frontispiece viii 265 frontispieces viii 209 pp ills. throughout. 863 lots The lavishly illustrated auction catalogues for one of the great botanical library sales of the 20th century. The catalogue gives references to Nissen for illustrated works Pritzel for unillustrated works and generally adds the Stafleu and Henrey number. Additional references are given where a point is in dispute or where they add special information. Collations are given in cases where Sotheby's could not find an easily accessible description of a particular book. Part III includes a full index of provenances an addenda and a list of corrigenda. From the introduction: ".the collection of botanical books which Arpad Plesch built up for the Stiftung fur Botanik is particularly strong in books on medical botany and the botany of Hungary.Dr. Plesch conceived the foundation not only as a repository for rare books but also for rare plants and the Essais d'Acclimatation de Plantes tropicales en France 1962 by Pierre Gossot shows how successful he was with this latter interest. The library is not only a magnificent collection from the bibliographical point of view but also the working library of a serious botanical garden; and this dichotomy is reflected in the books. Those in this first portion include the only complete copy recorded of a luxury work produced for the children of Philippe Egalite lot 12 the dedication copies of books by Colonna and Gouan lots 141 & 297 a copy of the Nouveau Duhamel bound for the Emperor of Austria probably at the instance of his son-in-law Napoleon lot 230 the hitherto unrecognised first edition of a celebrated Italian floral work lot 259 a book bound for presentation by the dedicatee King of the Two Sicilies to his daughter the Queen of Spain lot 308 and long runs of books illustrating the history of botany Adanson Bonnet de Vries Goethe and Grew and the changing fashions of botanical illustration Andrews Bauer Blackwell Bui Hard Curtis Edwards Redoute lots 182 230 and others and Weiditz lot 97. Among the rarities are 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 e.g. lots 89 & 286. Backstrips slightly bumped at ends with a tiny chip to the foot of Part; covers slightly marked and a little sunned internally a Good.set .Lists of prices realized and buyers and estimates loosely laid in. Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, first editions, sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975, 17th and 18th November 1975, and 15th and hardcover

Wykeham Books · Royaume-Uni72,00 $US≈ 60,92 €

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The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik Vaduz Liechenstein collected by the late Arpad Plesch. 3 vols complete set

1976BIBLIO-08704Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications first editions sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975 17th and 18th November 1975 and 15th and 16th March 1976. 3 vols printed boards large 8vo. frontispiece x 251 frontispiece viii 265 frontispieces viii 209 pp ills. throughout. 863 lots The lavishly illustrated auction catalogues for one of the great botanical library sales of the 20th century. The catalogue gives references to Nissen for illustrated works Pritzel for unillustrated works and generally adds the Stafleu and Henrey number. Additional references are given where a point is in dispute or where they add special information. Collations are given in cases where Sotheby's could not find an easily accessible description of a particular book. Part III includes a full index of provenances an addenda and a list of corrigenda. From the introduction: ".the collection of botanical books which Arpad Plesch built up for the Stiftung fur Botanik is particularly strong in books on medical botany and the botany of Hungary.Dr. Plesch conceived the foundation not only as a repository for rare books but also for rare plants and the Essais d'Acclimatation de Plantes tropicales en France 1962 by Pierre Gossot shows how successful he was with this latter interest. The library is not only a magnificent collection from the bibliographical point of view but also the working library of a serious botanical garden; and this dichotomy is reflected in the books. Those in this first portion include the only complete copy recorded of a luxury work produced for the children of Philippe Egalite lot 12 the dedication copies of books by Colonna and Gouan lots 141 & 297 a copy of the Nouveau Duhamel bound for the Emperor of Austria probably at the instance of his son-in-law Napoleon lot 230 the hitherto unrecognised first edition of a celebrated Italian floral work lot 259 a book bound for presentation by the dedicatee King of the Two Sicilies to his daughter the Queen of Spain lot 308 and long runs of books illustrating the history of botany Adanson Bonnet de Vries Goethe and Grew and the changing fashions of botanical illustration Andrews Bauer Blackwell Bui Hard Curtis Edwards Redoute lots 182 230 and others and Weiditz lot 97. Among the rarities are 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 e.g. lots 89 & 286. Spines somewhat darkened and that of Volume 2 slightly torn at head otherwise a Very Good set. List of prices realized loosely laid in. Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, first editions, sale dates 16th and 17th June 1975, 17th and 18th November 1975, and 15th and hardcover

Wykeham Books · Royaume-Uni70,00 $US≈ 59,23 €

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