The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume V: From Petrarch to Michelangelo.

In this fifth volume, the author writes about the re-evaluation of the ancient world: this set in motion a quest for the surviving works of ancient Greek and Latin literature, most of which were to be found in monastic libraries. He discusses the new schools and scholarly circles that were formed to... More info

The British Isles, volume 2: Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Guides to Dutch Atlas Maps II

Volume II in a series of pocket reference guides for the historic and antique map collector, map curator and enthousiast. The British Isles, volume 2 contains clear, short, no-nonsense yet academically valid information about all Dutch atlas maps (produced in the 16th and17th cent... More info

Keukenhof: van Keukenduin tot Lentetuin. De wordingsgeschiedenis van Internationale Bloemententoonstelling Keu...

In 1949 one of the icons of the Dutch identity was founded in the western part of Holland: Keukenhof, nowadays known as the most beautiful springgarden in the world, famous worldwide for its beautiful landscaping with bulbflowers as its main focus. This book describes the long and interesting histo... More info

Mapping Greece, 1420-1800: A history Maps in the Margarita Samourkas Collection

Mapping Greece is a richly illustrated history of the cartography of Greece during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, based on the Margarita Samourka Map Collection (one of the most important collections of its kind in private hands in Greece) that consists of 1,700 maps of Greece. Divide... More info

‘The Child is Father of the Man’: The Importance of Juvenilia in the Development of the Author

`The Child is Father of the Man` discusses the field of nineteenth-century Juvenilia. Specifically, the development of the child writer into the adult author, arguing for increased critical attention toward the early works of now famous writers. The introductory chapter reviews th... More info

Early Photographs of Mecca

Introduction A facsimile-edition of the 40 magnificent photographs, originally published in 1889 in the Bilder Atlas to the classic 2-volume work on Mecca by the world famous Dutch orientalist and islamologist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, together with the 20 photographs of the addition... More info