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
Otto Dorfner (1885-1955). Der Bucheinband ist zum Buch was das Kleid ist zum Menschen. La reliure est pour le ...
Eine Ausstellung des MDE. 5 April - 31 Mai 2003, Brussel.Une exposition de la MDE. 5 Avril - 31 Mai 2003, Bruxelles.
Exhibition catalogue. In German and French. More info
Perspective. Fundamentals, Controversials, History.
Essentially a history of perspective. More info
Practice Makes Perfect P. Cotsen-Princeton 1 and the Training of Scribes in Byzantine Egypt
This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with a text describing its historical and soci... More info
Prayers in Code. Books of Hours from Renaissance France.
During the late Middle Ages, books of hours became common tools of private devotion and sought-after status symbols. Carried by fashionable ladies in church and collected by affluent bibliophiles, these books, often richly illuminated, differed greatly in style and ornament but were rather predictab... More info
Quelques notes de musique et d’amité... Partitions musicales dédicacées de César Franck à Pierre Boulez.
Exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 7 May-15 September 2002. More info
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) as Book Illustrator. A Bibliography.
Lists 109 books, containing approximately 2800 etchings by Romeyn de Hooghe. Fully indexed. More info
Sacred Arts and City Life. The glory of medieval Novgorod
This catalogue, accompanying a 2005/2006 exhibition at the Walters drawn from the collections of the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, and the Novgorod State Museum, features nearly 300 objects, including 35 icons, that trace the material and artistic culture of the city of Novgorod from the ... More info
Silver from Early Byzantium: The Kaper Koraon and Related Treasures
Silver played an important role in establishing patterns of patronage in the Eastern Roman Empire, particularly in churches, which were endowed with large quantities of the precious metal, both as furniture revetments and as liturgical objects. This landmark publication treats one of the most impor... More info