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Reliures des Croisiers à travers les siècles  cover art

Reliures des Croisiers à travers les siècles

Exhibition catalogue with contributions on the bookbindings of the order of Croisiers in the XIVth and XVth centuries. With a detailed description of 4 manuscripts and 8 bindings and a description of the various techniques used by the bookbinder through a chronological study of 24 bindings, carried ... More info
Demonology and Witchcraft. An annotated bibliography. With related works on Magic, Medicine, Superstition, &c.  cover art

Demonology and Witchcraft. An annotated bibliography. With related works on Magic, Medicine, Superstition, &c....

Extensive bibliography on demonology and witchcraft systematically describing all materials -including books, monographs, conference reports and doctoral dissertations- covering these subjects subjects from the 15th century to the 21st century. 5000 entries and indices on author, subject and anonymo... More info
Indisch Lexicon. Indische woorden in de Nederlandse literatuur.  cover art

Indisch Lexicon. Indische woorden in de Nederlandse literatuur.

In het Indisch Lexicon zijn bijna 19.000 Indische woorden en begrippen, zoals ze in de Nederlandse taal vanaf ongeveer 1600 gebruikt zijn, vastgelegd, omschreven en in hun context geplaatst. Van ieder woord is de betekenis gegeven op basis van reeds bestaande Indonesische, Maleise, Javaanse, Soendan... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume II: From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the Monumental Libraries of the Imperial Age  cover art

The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume II: From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from th...

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561149). This work is the second part in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of... More info
Nip and the Chocolate: A Picture Letter from Beatrix Potter to Winifred Warne; April 14, 1906.  cover art

Nip and the Chocolate: A Picture Letter from Beatrix Potter to Winifred Warne; April 14, 1906.

Introduction by Ivy Trent. In November 2004 the Cotsen Children`s Library at Princeton University became the home of Mr. Lloyd Cotsen`s extensive collection of Beatrix Potter manuscripts, original art, photographs, and related ephemera. To mark the occasion of this very special gift, the Cotsen Fami... More info
The Beatrix Potter Collection of Lloyd Cotsen.  cover art

The Beatrix Potter Collection of Lloyd Cotsen.

In November 2004 the Cotsen Children`s Library at Princeton University became the home of Mr. Lloyd Cotsen`s extensive collection of Beatrix Potter manuscripts, original art, photographs, and related ephemera. To mark the occasion of this very special gift, the Cotsen Occasional Press produced this ... More info
The Oxford Bible Pictures  cover art

The Oxford Bible Pictures

History and description of the leaves of the Oxford Bible Pictures by the 13th-century English illuminator W. de Brailes.The Oxford Bible Pictures consist of thirty-four illuminated miniatures depicting biblical events from the fall of the Rebel Angels to the Last Judgment. This is one of the fe... More info
A catalogue of Greek manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum and essays in honor of Gary Vikan  cover art

A catalogue of Greek manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum and essays in honor of Gary Vikan

Volume of The Journal of the Walters Art Museum, dedicated to Dr Gary Vikan, a scholar of Byzantine art, curator of medieval art and for a period of ten years director of the Walters Art Museum. The centrepiece of this book is a catalogue of the twenty Greek manuscripts in the collection of the muse... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume I: From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek world from the Minoan`s Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies  cover art

The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume I: From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek world from th...

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561149). This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our f... More info
Greek Civilization through the Eyes of Travellers and Scholars. From the Collection of Dimitris Contominas. Preface by Helene Ahrweiler. Historical introduction by Ioli Vingopoulou. Designed by Konstantinos Sp. Staikos.  cover art

Greek Civilization through the Eyes of Travellers and Scholars. From the Collection of Dimitris Contominas. Pr...

Co-publication. Sales rights: Worldwide except USA. Available in USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561343). In collaboration with Konstantinos Staikos, a leading authority on library history, Leonora Navari has created an indispensable aid to any scholar of Greek culture. This richly annotated ... More info
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