Printers’ and Publishers’ Marks in Books for the Greek World (1491-1821)
Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 9781584562702). This book contains reproductions of the printers’ and publishers’ marks of all those – both Greeks and non-Greeks – who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of t... More info
Bloembollen in Holland 1860-1919. De ontwikkeling van de bloembollensector met een doorkijk naar de 21ste eeu...
1860 saw the founding of the Dutch Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur (nowadays the Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur), an event that marked the start of the professional organization of the modern flower bulb business in the Netherlands. The author gives a det... More info
Western Travellers in China. Discovering the Middle Kingdom.
This book accompanied the exhibition "Western Travellers in China" held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 28 October 2009-10 January 2010. For centuries, China has aroused considerable interest in the Western world. In this book a selection of 130 volumes from a large collection of trave... More info
Les Prémices de la Bande Dessinée ou le siècle d`avant Tintin. De voorlopers van het beeldverhaal of de eeuw v...
In French, Dutch and English. Catalogue on occasion of the exhibition BD Comic Strip Brussels 2009. More info
Ruling the Waves. Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European Wolrd Pi...
In this work Kleinschmidt is tracing the political implications of the transformation of the European world picture in the age of Emperor Maximilian I. More info
Drie generaties Adan. West-Brabantse landmeters in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw.
The cartographic production of three generations of geometricians in Holland in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. More info
Dibdin in Paris (1818).
This beautifull book gives an entertaining account of Dibdin’s stay in Paris during his bibliographical tour through France and Germany. Frans Janssen describes the bibliohiles’ visits to prominent representatives of the book world as Renouard, Brunet and Crapelet and their reactions to what he had ... More info
Kaitai Shinsho, the single most famous Japanese book of medicine & Geka Soden, an early very important manuscr...
A detailed description of the accounts of two very important medical works, the impact of the contents in Japan and their significance worldwide. This work reveals many never noticed details, facts and relations and emphasizes again the importance of bibliographic research. More info
Watermarks 1650-1700 found in the Zeeland Archives
The seventeenth century is an underrepresented period in the publications on watermarks. A growing demand in the fields of history and art history for exact dating of documents and artworks on seventeenth century paper was one of the main reasons for the authors to conduct research in this area.... More info