The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume IV: The Medieval World in the West. From Cassiodoru...
Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 9781584561811). This work is the fourth 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... More info
Western Travellers in China. Discovering the Middle Kingdom.
This book accompanied the exhibition "Western Travellers in China" held at the Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, 28 October 2009-10 January 2010.For centuries, China has aroused considerable interest in the Western world. In this book a selection of 130 volumes from a large collection of trave... More info
Ruling the Waves. Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European Wolrd Pi...
In this work Kleinschmidt is tracing the political implications of the transformation of the European world picture in the age of Emperor Maximilian I. More info
De nazaten van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter
Comprehensive genealogy of the descendants of the famous Dutch admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607-1676). More info
De rozenteelt in Nederland. Geschiedenis, literatuur en documenten.
Selected as one of the `Best verzorgde boeken` (best designed books) 2007. Design by Gerrit Noordzij. A history of the cultivation of roses in the Netherlands. More info
The Ostend Story. Early Tales of the Great Siege and the mediating Role of Henrick van Haestens.
After the famous `Battle of Nieuwpoort` in West Flanders in 1600, another feat of arms was to follow in the same area: the Siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 to 1604. Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Repu... More info
`De vreselijkste aller harpijen`. Pokkenepidemieën en pokkenbestrijding in Nederland in de achttiende en nege...
Eeuwenlang stonden de pokken in de schaduw van andere plagen, maar rond 18OO werden ze volksvijand nummer één. De ontdekking van het pokkenvaccin leverde een belangrijk wapen in de strijd tegen deze plaag. Grootscheepse inentingscampagnes gingen van start om de pokken te bestrijden, desnoods onder d... More info
Thomas Basin (1412-1490), The History of Charles VII and Louis XI.
This `tale of two kings`, a remarkable historiographical achievement, earned Basin the characterisation of "one of the greatest historians of the fifteenth century". More info
Historiography and Humanism in Holland in the age of Erasmus. Aurelius and the Divisiekroniek of 1517.
Biography of Cornelius Aurelius (c. 1460-1531), the praeceptor Erasmi, and analysis of his chief historical work, the so-called Divisiekroniek. More info