Ain new Formbuech`len der weyssen Arbeyt.
Augsburg, 1545. Facsimile 1968. Edition limited to 500 copies. One of the earliest and most attractive pattern books. More info
Bilderschriften der Renaissance. Hieroglyphik und Emblematik in ihren Beziehungen und Fortwirkungen.
A classic contribution to the study of Renaissance emblematics. Anhang: Hieroglyphen und Embleme in den Drucker- und Verlegerzeichen. More info
Books on military architecture printed in Venice. An annotated catalogue.
In the great days of Italian fortification literature - the century from Valle’s first Venetian edition in 1524 to the appearance of Tensini in 1624 - Venice accounted for roughly as many titles as the rest of Europe together. Books on fortification were a natural for the enterprising printer-publis... More info
Christopher Plantin`s Books of Hours: Illustration and Production.
An in-depth examination of Plantin`s large-scale production of books of hours, comprising a survey of their illustration as well as accounts of the general process by which they were printed. A pioneer study of great interest both from the art-historical and from the bibliographical point of view. C... More info
Clement de Jonghe (ca. 1624-1677). Kunstverkoper in de Gouden Eeuw.
In Dutch with English summary.Met een beschrijving van het leven, bedrijf en voorraad van de Nederlandse prent- en kunstverkoper Clement de Jonghe, levert de bekende prentenhandelaar en expert op het gebied van de etsen van Rembrandt, Frans Laurentius uit Middelburg, een belangrijke bijdrag... More info
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638). Patrons, Friends and Dutch Humanists.
The book presents the first discussion of all the known prints executed after Cornelis` designs and considers the following topics in relationship to the prints: the engravers and publishers, the print market, the Latinists who provided the text for the prints and the Latin verses themselves. More info
Courtiers and Cannibals, Angels and Amazons. The art of the decorative cartographic titlepage
This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved title pages and frontispieces represent. More info
