The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Volume V: From Petrarch to Michelangelo.
In this fifth volume, the author writes about the re-evaluation of the ancient world: this set in motion a quest for the surviving works of ancient Greek and Latin literature, most of which were to be found in monastic libraries. He discusses the new schools and scholarly circles that were formed to... More info
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
Printers’ and Publishers’ Marks in Books for the Greek World (1491-1821)
Co-publication. Sales Rights: worldwide except USA. Available in the USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 9781584562702). This book contains reproductions of the printers’ and publishers’ marks of all those – both Greeks and non-Greeks – who printed or published books for Greek readers from the dawn of t... More info
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
L.`oeuvre de Pierre Lecuire. La Nuit bleue dans tous ses habits.
Bibliotheca Wittockiana expose les Livres de Pierre Lecuire. L`oeuvre, original dans sa conception, rare dans sa réalisation, et que son créataur lui même cosidère comme achevé, est l`ultime manifestation d`un âge d`or du livre illustré. More info
Greek Civilization through the Eyes of Travellers and Scholars. From the Collection of Dimitris Contominas. Pr...
Co-publication. Sales rights: Worldwide except USA. Available in USA from OAK KNOLL PRESS (ISBN 1584561343). In collaboration with Konstantinos Staikos, a leading authority on library history, Leonora Navari has created an indispensable aid to any scholar of Greek culture. This richly annotated ... More info
Vision in motion. L’avant-garde hongroise : éditeurs, typographes, artistes du livre. De Hongaarse avant-garde...
Exhibition catalogue, Brussels, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 30 October 1999 - 30 January 2000. More info
Marseilles, Genoa & Pisa: A Beatrix Potter Photograph Album: Representing a Pictorial Biography.
Introduction by Ivy Trent. This facsimile edition reproduces photographs, mostly attributed to Potter`s father, amateur photographer Rupert Potter, in an arrangement telling the story of her life. The photographs range from studio photographs of Beatrix Potter as a baby and toddler, to one taken in ... More info
The Dutch Language Press in America. Two Centuries of Printing, Publishing and Bookselling.
Contents: Introduction - The Foreign Language Press in America - The Dutch in America - Dutch American Printing, Publishing and Bookselling - Bibliographic Inventory of Dutch American Imprints (1693-1948) - Bibliography - Index. More info