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Essai d`une bibliographie française méthodique & raisonnée de la sorcellerie et de la possession démoniaque.  cover art

Essai d`une bibliographie française méthodique & raisonnée de la sorcellerie et de la possession démoniaque.

The standard bibliography of French works relating to witchcraft, demonical possession and allied subjects. - 1.793 entries. More info
Facsimile of the first Amsterdam Pharmacopoeia.  cover art

Facsimile of the first Amsterdam Pharmacopoeia.

With an introduction by D.A. Wittop Koning. With a portrait of Nicolaus Tulp. More info
Guillaume Postel (1510 -1581) et son Interprétation du Candélabre de Moyse en hébreu, latin, italien et français.  cover art

Guillaume Postel (1510 -1581) et son Interprétation du Candélabre de Moyse en hébreu, latin, italien et frança...

The present edition contains a complete facsimile of the only printed edition of this text, viz. the Latin version (Venice, 1548), which is of the utmost scarcity. Further more faithful facsimiles of three printed broadsides, and no less than four facsimiles of manuscripts, viz. the Avec une Introdu... More info
Guillaume Postel: Apologies et Rétractations.   cover art

Guillaume Postel: Apologies et Rétractations. 

Manuscrits inédits publiés avec une introduction et des notes. This study, based on unpublished documents, concentrates on the notorious Venetian trial of 1555. More info
Historia Forestis. Nederlandse bosgeschiedenis.  cover art

Historia Forestis. Nederlandse bosgeschiedenis.

Ook verschenen als proefschrift, Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, 1985. Vol I: Bosgebruik, bosbeheer en boswetgeving tot het midden van de negentiende eeuw. Vol II: Houtmarkt en houtteelt tot het midden van de negentiende eeuw. More info
Kaitai Shinsho, the single most famous Japanese book of medicine & Geka Soden, an early very important manuscript on surgery  cover art

Kaitai Shinsho, the single most famous Japanese book of medicine & Geka Soden, an early very important manuscr...

A detailed description of the accounts of two very important medical works, the impact of the contents in Japan and their significance worldwide. This work reveals many never noticed details, facts and relations and emphasizes again the importance of bibliographic research. More info
Keukenhof: van Keukenduin tot Lentetuin. De wordingsgeschiedenis van Internationale Bloemententoonstelling Keukenhof. cover art

Keukenhof: van Keukenduin tot Lentetuin. De wordingsgeschiedenis van Internationale Bloemententoonstelling Keu...

In 1949 one of the icons of the Dutch identity was founded in the western part of Holland: Keukenhof, nowadays known as the most beautiful springgarden in the world, famous worldwide for its beautiful landscaping with bulbflowers as its main focus. This book describes the long and interesting histo... More info
Line, Shade and Shadow. The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings. cover art

Line, Shade and Shadow. The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings.

As documents of the built environment, as source material for architectural historians and preservation architects, and as stunning works of art, architectural drawings serve a wide and diverse audience. This book explores the materials and techniques used in their fabrication while illustrating... More info
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