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The Children`s World of Learning 1480-1880. A collection of printed books, manuscripts, broadsides and prints illustrating four centuries of education and popular culture in Western Europe with emphasis on the Low Countries.  cover art

The Children`s World of Learning 1480-1880. A collection of printed books, manuscripts, broadsides and prints ...

Set. Originally published as catalogue 100 of Antiquariaat FORUM in 10 issues between 1994-2002. With an extra issue with extensive indices. Prices of seperate issues on request (info@forumrarebooks.com). More info
The Dawn of Wisdom: Selections from the Japanese Collection of the Cotsen Children`s Library.  cover art

The Dawn of Wisdom: Selections from the Japanese Collection of the Cotsen Children`s Library.

Edited by Don J. Cohn. "The Cotsen Children`s Library is home to one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese books and printed matter for children outside of Japan. At present, this remarkable and constantly expanding corpus consists of over 10,000 items, including not only book... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume I: From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek world from the Minoan`s Archival Libraries to the Universal Library of the Ptolemies  cover art

The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume I: From Minos to Cleopatra. The Greek world from th...

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561149). This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our f... More info
The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume II: From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from the Beginnings of Latin Literature to the Monumental Libraries of the Imperial Age  cover art

The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume II: From Cicero to Hadrian. The Roman World from th...

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561149). This work is the second 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 of... More info
The history of the Library in Western civilization. Volume III:  From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion. The Byzantine World. The Influence of Christian Literature on the Book Trade and the Growth of Monastic Libraries in the East  cover art

The history of the Library in Western civilization. Volume III:  From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessar...

Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561149). This work is the third 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 of ... More info
The Seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau Library.   The Catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 Auction Catalogue and other contemporary sources. cover art

The Seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau Library. The Catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 Au...

Edited with introduction and notes. With notes on the manuscripts by A.S. Korteweg. More info
Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children`s Books from the Cotsen Childrens Library  cover art

Virtue by Design: Illustrated Chinese Children`s Books from the Cotsen Childrens Library

The Chinese holdings of the Cotsen Children`s Library consist of more than 35,000 items from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The collection comprises the entire range of printed matter a child might encounter in his or her daily life. Primers, textbooks, song books, arts and crafts handbooks,... More info
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