Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal, réformateur de l`orthographe et de la typographie s...

I. Biographie.  II. Bibliographie ( pp. 79-184).  III. Iconographie.  IV. Appendice. More info

Die Monogrammisten. Fortgesetzt von A. Andresen und C. Clauss.

An unsurpassed reference work of permanent value, to identify artists who sign themselves only by their monogram or similar device. Literally thousands of them were book illustrators, hence the work`s importance for books. Nagler begins by giving an exact facsimile of the monogram(s); this is follow... More info

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

Erasme et ses portraitistes: Metsijs - Dürer - Holbein.

The author has assembled and studied the texts illustrating Erasmus` relations with the three artists named. More info

Emblem and Fable Books printed in the Low Countries, 1542-1813. A bibliography.

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Bauern und Künstler. Die Künstler der Renaissance und der Bauernkrieg von 1525. Übersetzt aus dem Französische...

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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

Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. The Stephen W. Fisher Collection.

The final decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth saw the production of Japan’s most exquisite cloisonné enamels. Their manufacture was stimulated by international demand kindled at expositions in Europe and America and driven by artists’ interest in creating works t... More info