Spring catalogue 2012 available
We just received our new spring 2012 catalogue. For those interested you can view it below. It shows all our upcoming publications and has an illustrated list of selected backlist and distribution titles. Please note that the pdf file is optimized for screen viewing and will not print in high quality. HES & DE GRAAF catalogue 2012
Zelandia Comitatus on Shortlist Zeeuwse Boekenprijs 2011
We are proud to announce that Zelandia Comitatus has made it to the Shortlist of the Zeeuwse Boekenprijs 2011, together with four other titles. The winner of the Zeeuwse Boekenprijs will be announced on November 4th 2011 in the Zeeuwse Bibliotheek.
Zelandia Comitatus on Longlist Zeeuwse Boekenprijs 2011
Every year the Zeeuws Tijdschrift holds a competition for the best book about the province of Zeeland, or by the best writer from Zeeland. This year we entered our publication Zelandia Comitatus by Dick Blonk & Joan Blonk-van der Wijst. We are proud to announce that out of 43 entries Zelandia Comitatus has made it to the 2011 Longlist together with nine other books. In October of this year ...
Presentation in Hermitage Amsterdam
On June 1st this latest volume of the prestigious series of Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography (Explokart) was presented. The voluminous part 13, Maps in books of Russia and Poland. Published in the Netherlands to 1800, has been launched in the appropriate location of the Hermitage Amsterdam. The first copy was presented to Minister Counsellor Vladislav Maslennikov from the Embassy ...
Line, Shade & Shadow wins 2011 Historic Preservation Book Prize
The University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation has awarded the 2011 Historic Preservation Book Prize to “Line, Shade and Shadow: The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings” by Lois Olcott Price. The book “offers both a beautifully illustrated exploration of the evolution of architectural drawing craft and an innovative discussion of the p...
Book Presentation Dienstbare Kaarten
On February 3rd we were in the Nina van Leer hall at the Special Collections Department of the University of Amsterdam to attend a very special occasion. We presented the first copy of a splendid new work on the history of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society: [Dienstbare Kaarten. Een cartografische geschiedenis van het Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap en het Tijdschrift, 1873-196...
Interview with Thomas Mattheij.
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ILAB Breslauer Prize Ceremony at Bologna
On September 25th during the festive dinner of the 39th ILAB Congress, the ILAB Breslauer prize for Bibliography was awarded to 2 of our authors and their standard works!To Mrs. Dr. Lotte Hellinga and her book the Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth century now in the British Library and to Dr. Jan Storm van Leeuwen and his book Dutch decorated bookbinding in the eighteenth century....
Interview with Frans Laurentius
In the history program ‘Graven aan de Amstel’ at Amsterdam FM, our author Frans Laurentius will give an interview regarding his book ‘Clement de Jonghe.’ Listen to this interview live at www.amsterdamfm.nl on Sunday 12 September at 12.00.
Our fall 2010 catalogue is available for download
We just received our new fall 2010 catalogue. For those interested, it can be downloaded here or you can view it below. It shows all our upcoming publications and has an illustrated list of selected backlist and distribution titles. Please note that the pdf file is optimized for screen viewing and will not print in high quality.
Venturing into China
In the process of fine-tuning our world wide sales and distribution network, we have started a co-operation with Inspirees International, a company specialized in bridging the gap between Europe and China for academic and reference publishers. Together with the European China Publisher Promotion Center (www.ecppc.com) and native Chinese representatives, Inspirees specializes in selling non-Chinese...
Documentary on DVD: The Atlas Blaeu-van der Hem
This year we will complete one of our most prestigious projects, the publication of the facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-van der Hem bound in eight volumes (see www.blaeuvanderhem.com). To celebrate this occasion, a documentary on the Atlas Blaeu-van der Hem is now available on DVD. This DVD gives an amazing report on the history of the Atlas and the coming about of the facsimile. It is directed by th...
Preparing for Frankfurt Book Fair 2010
Although still more than 3 months until Frankfurt Book Fair 2010, we are already planning and making preparations. For those interested, our stand number is 4.1 N535. Please contact us if you would like to setup a meeting.
Dissertation on Clement de Jonghe
On Friday June 25th Frans Laurentius, Dutch art dealer from Middelburg, took his PhD at Utrecht University on the subject of the life and works of the Dutch Art dealer Clement de Jonghe, a colleague art dealer from the 17th century. H&DG published the trade edition of this interesting work on an art dealer in the Dutch Golden Age, with a very large stock of over 60.000 engravings ...
Presentation Sailing for the East
On June 24th 2010 volume 10 of the series Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography (Explokart series), Sailing for the East. History and Catalogue of Manuscript Charts on vellum of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), 1602-1799, was presented in Amsterdam in a beautiful 17th century canal house at the Herengracht 386. Designed by Philip Vingboons and former residence of Dutch merchants and ban...
A short compilation of our documentary film of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem
Below you can view a small compilation of a 50 minutes long documentary showing the entire production process of the facsimile edition of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem as well as the fascinating story of how the original 17th century atlas came to be. The full documentary highlights the uncompromising production values of the facsimile and the historic and cultural importance of the entire project...
ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2010
We are proud to announce that the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2010 has been awarded to not just one, but two of our titles! The ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography draws attention to the best academic work being done in the field. The international Prize is awarded every fourth year to the author(s) of the most original and outstanding published work in the broad field of bibliography...
Selection of our books on maps and atlases from Oak Knoll
Recently we have started a cooperation with Oak Knoll Press. Oak Knoll Press was founded in 1976 and is specialized in both out-of-print and in-print books about books, book trade history and the book arts. Oak Knoll is now our exclusive distributor for customers in the US and Canada. They have just released the following leaflet with a selection of our books on maps and atlases: ...
Preventing spam whilst digitizing old editions of the New York Times
Spam probably stands high on the annoyance list of many internet users and is responsible for 97% of the total e-mail send daily, according to Microsoft, costing the global economies over $50 billion in damages in 2005 alone. One way spammers send out their massive campaign`s is through the abuse of unguarded internet forms like contact forms or newsletter subscription forms. Recently this websit...
Exhibiting at the Abu Dhabi Int. Book Fair 2010
After a promising introduction to the Middle-East in 2009 while exhibiting at the Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Doha book fairs, we are preparing for another Middle-Eastern undertaking. For the 2nd time we will be exhibiting at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Opening on the 2nd of March until the 7th. You can find our booth in Hall 8 in the antiqarian and rare books section. We will be sharing our...
Exhibition to honour Dutch designer Fred van den Berg
On January 13th 2010 the Utrecht booksellers and publishers association since 1853 `Eendragt` has honoured the Dutch designer Fred van den Berg with an exhibition of a selection of books and dust jackets designed by him. Since 1971 Fred van den Berg has designed many books and dust jackets for HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. Below you will find a small selection of these books: ...
Best wishes for 2010!
Here at HES & DE GRAAF Publishers we wish you a happy, healthy and successful 2010! A few very exciting books are to be published this year. We will update you on any important news and exciting events but be sure to visit our website regularly. Or follow us on twitter.
Meet us in Doha, Qatar
From 30-10-2009 until 9-1-2010 we will be present in at the Doha Book Fair in Qatar. We are represented by our sister company Forum Rare Books at booth B7. On display, of course, is our facsimile edition of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem in it`s handmade, cherry wooden cabinet. Our rare book department has handpicked a fine selection of books, mainly on falconry, horses and husbandry, Middle-Easter...
Proud to announce our co-operation with Oak Knoll, USA
Oak Knoll Press has officially kicked-off as our exclusive distributor for the USA and Canada. This co-operation has been in the making over the last year and in our efforts to improve the exposure of our books in the USA and Canada, we feel confident that our alliance with Oak Knoll will prove successful.
Back from Sharjah International Book Fair 2009
It was a long but inspiring endeavour: our participation in the Sharjah International Book Fair 2009. Showcasing our facsimile edition of the Atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem to a huge number of visitors that passed by over a period of 10 days. We shared our booth with our sister company Antiquariaat Forum so overall we presented a very exclusive selection of high quality facsimile works as well as authe...
Prize for Marco van Egmond
Marco van Egmond has been awarded the prestigious `Menno Hertzberger Aanmoedigingsprijs` (Menno Hertzberger Encouragement Award) for his dissertation on the 18th century cartographic publishing company Covens & Mortier. The `Menno Hertzberger Prijs` (Menno Hertzberger Award) was first presented in 1963 by the Dutch antiquarian Menno Hertzberger, then frontman of the `Nederlandsche Vereeniging...
Present innovations: facebook and twitter
Here at HES & DE GRAAF we publish books on the important pioneers, innovators, explorers and scientists of the past and pivotal moments in the history of travel, exploration and science of times gone by, but that does not mean we are blind to the innovations happening today: please join us on Facebook or follow us on twitter.
Meet us in Sharjah and Antwerp
The coming month we will be present at both the Sharjah International Book Fair (11th until the 21st of November) held in the Expo Centre Sharjah and the Antwerp Book Fair (31st of October until the 11th of November). Of course we will be present in Sharjah with our magnificent facsimile edition of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem including it`s hand made cherry wooden cabinet. We will be sharing the ...
Meet us at Frankfurt 2009
HES & DE GRAAF Publishers will be present at the coming Frankfurter Buch Messe 2009. You can visit us at booth number 6.0 C 938. We will be exhibiting our most prestiguous project to date: a facsimile edition of the famous Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, currently housed in the National Library of Vienna. We invite anyone who is interested in viewing the facsimile to visit our stand. Also, if you wo...
A brand new website!
Over the last six months we have been working hard setting up our new, completely redesigned website. As with any new website, it is a work in progress and we will be continually updating it with new features and content. The most important upgrades are: A fresh and usable new interface; Easy site-wide searching with auto-suggestions; Automatic e-mail notificat...
Presentation/Presentatie Spiegel van de Zuiderzee
Official presentation of part nine in the series Utrecht Studies of the History of Cartography Spiegel van de Zuiderzee was on Thursday October 8th in the Zuiderzeemuseum at Enkhuizen. At this occasion the book was officially presented to Mr. Borghouts, representative of the Queen for the province of Noord-Holland. Images of the presentation will folow soon. Spiegel van de Zuiderzee (Mirr...
Upcoming fairs
In 2009 HES & DE GRAAF Publishers will participate in the following fairs: Amsterdam Antiquarian Book Map & Print Fair 2009 Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October 2009 Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. Netherlands. Frankfurter Buchmesse 14-18 October 2009 Messegelände. Germany. Sjarjah World Book Fair 11 - 21 November 2009 Expo Centre Sharjah. United Arab Emirat...
Unique facsimile project Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem
This year HES & DE GRAAF Publishers is completing the making of a unique facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. This has resulted in a limited edition of a set of eight bindings with dazzling coloured maps and views, which equal the original in every aspect. At the occasion of the official presentations in Amsterdam and Vienna this year, the facsimile was already presented to the public. &...
Presentation Covens & Mortier
On Friday 21st of August 2009 the first copy of Covens & Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866 was presented in the Royal Library of The Hague. After an introduction by prof. dr. Günther Schilder, the author Marco van Egmond introduced his book. The first copy was presented by the publisher Mr Hesselink to Mr Savenije, the director of the Royal Library. ...
Bloembollen in Holland. First copy for Minister/eerste exemplaar voor Minister
In April during the official presentation of the book Bloembollen in Holland 1860-1919, the first copy was presented by the author Maarten Timmer to the Dutch minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Gerda Verburg. Op dinsdag 21 april werd in de Hortus te Leiden het eerste exemplaar van Bloembollen in Holland 1860-1919 van Maarten Timmer aan Gerda Verburg, minister van Landbo...
A solution for the recent problems with the cd-rom of the Indisch Lexicon
In 2005 HES & DE GRAAF Publishers presented the Nederlands Indisch Lexicon. This book came with a cd-rom containing the digital version of the lexicon. Recently, we noticed that this disc was not compatible with the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE 7. Therefore, a utility has been developed to solve this. If you experience problems with the digital lexicon, you can download this file he...
Best Dutch Book Designs 2007
We are proud to announce that one of our publications of 2007, De rozenteelt in Nederland. Geschiedenis, literatuur en documenten by Gerrit Kleis is chosen as one of the Best Dutch Book Designs of 2007 among 32 other nominations. Author: Gerrit Kleis Design: Gerrit Noordzij Printing: Drukkerij Rosbeek Binding: Binderij Callenbach On June 26th 2008 the exhibition of the 33 Best Dutch Book ...
Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem in UNESCO Memory of the World Register
Recently the ‘Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem’ has been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. On 11 March 2004 the Memory of the World Certificate was handed to the director of the Austrian National Library, Johanna Rachinger.The 50-volume Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, housed in the Austrian National Library in Vienna, is often considered the most beautiful and remarkable atlas e...
De nazaten van Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter presented on the Bataviawerf in Lelystad
Last month, on the Bataviawerf in Lelystad, The Netherlands, a special book, published by HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV was presented: a genealogy of all the known descendents of Michiel de Ruyter. This book, De nazaten van Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter by L.M. van der Hoeven, is a continuation of similar books that appeared in 1907 and 1957. Since the publication of that last genealogy, fifty ye...
Volume XI of the BMC presented during a special conference in London
The last part of the Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century now in the British Museum, XI: England, also known as BMC XI, compiled by Lotte Hellinga and published by HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, was officially launched in London on December 11, 2006. The presentation of the last part of this momentous work on English Incunabula was part of a conference on the first 25 years of Englis...
Presentation of first copies new standard work on Dutch Bookbinding
January 27, 2006, was a special day in the history of Dutch Bookbinding. On that day the first copies of the 4 volume set of the first standard work on Dutch Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century were presented to its author Dr Jan Storm van Leeuwen and to the General Director of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Dr W. van Drimmelen. This presentation was part of the day`s program at the occasion of ...
BMC XIII Hebraica now available
The Catalogue of Books Printed in the XVth Century Now in the British Museum (British Library), generally referred to as BMC, is a monument in the history of the book. BMC followed on from the rearrangement of the Museum’s incunabula begun by Robert Proctor on the basis of the comprehensive survey of printing types and presses of the fifteenth century that he had published in 1898 as an &lsq...
Presentation Indisch Lexicon
Friday September 16th the newest HES & DE GRAAF publication, Indisch Lexicon. Indische woorden in de Nederlandse literatuur was officially presented at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague. During this presentation one of the authors, Peter Mingaars gave an insight in the realisation and composition of the project. Next the publisher, Sebastiaan Hesselink held a speech and offered the firs...
Fifty Best Dutch Book Designs 2004
Last Thursday, October 20th the prizes for the 50 best Dutch Book Designs 2004 were presented in Amsterdam. This year one of the titles of HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV was also awarded: Technique & Design in the history of printing by Frans A. Janssen. In this work 26 of his previously published essays on the history of printing are collected in the language in which they originally appea...
Technique & Design in the History of Printing
On 8 September 2004 Professor Dr Frans A. Janssen, professor in the history of the book and the library at the University of Amsterdam since 1989, was given emeritus status. After this ceremony in the aula of the University, the Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, was the presentation of his new book Technique & Design in the history of printing. Containing 26 selected and thoroughly rewritten essay...
Petermann`s Maps
On Friday 20 February 2004 the third volume of the ‘Utrecht Series in the History of Carthography’ was launched at the KB, the National Library in The Hague. The book Petermann’s Maps. Carto-bibliography of the maps in ’Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen’,1855-1945 by Jan Smits was presented to Prof. H.J.L. Vonhoff, chairman of the Board of Governors of the KB, by ...