Studies in Dutch Books with Coloured Plates, published 1662-1875. Natural History, Topography and Travel, Cost...
OUT OF PRINT.The first monograph on the subject; major part of the book consists of the Bibliogrpahy. Part I. Studies. Part II. Catalogue (detailed descriptions of 484 books). Part III. Indices. More info
The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. The history of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile.
In 2011 we have completed one of our most prestigious projects; the publication of the facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem bound in eight volumes . To celebrate this occasion we have published an accompanying publication with background information on the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem and the product... More info
The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art. Picturing the Psalms of David.
With authorative contributions on the historical, stylistic, and iconographic context of this masterpiece of Carolingian Renaissance by R. McKitterick, K. van der Horst, K. Corrigan, F. Mütherich, and W. Noel, and including the catalogue of the 1996 exhibition on the Utrecht Psalter at the Museum Ca... More info
The world of a seventeenth-century collector. The atlas Blaeu - Van der Hem
In The World of a Seventeenth-Century Collector, Erlend de Groot describes the life and works of the Dutch lawyer Laurens van der Hem (1621-1678) as the collector and composer of the famous Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. He gives a unique insight in the relations of a collector and his decisions in... More info
Vine Leaf Ornaments in Renaissance Typography: A Survey
In the course of the early sixteenth century the printed book decoration underwent a double metamorphosis. First stylistically, through the replacement of the previous medieval mostly floral embellishments by new motifs copied from Islamic or Byzantine sources, or borrowed from antiquity. Second t... More info
Writings on Architecture, civil and military, c. 1460 to 1640. A checklist of printed editions.
The list has about 280 author entries covering at least 1800 editions of more than 365 titles. Included are all architectural books known by the compilers that were written between 1460 and 1640 regardless of when they were first published. Dubious editions are identified, and "ghosts" avoided or d... More info
Zwischen van de Velde und Bauhaus. Otto Dorfner und ein wichtiges Kapitel der Einbandkunst. Otto Dorfner et la...
In German and French. Exhibition catalogue. More info