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
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
The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem. The history of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile.
In 2011 we have completed one of our most prestigious projects; the publication of the facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem bound in eight volumes . To celebrate this occasion we have published an accompanying publication with background information on the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem and the product... More info
Practice Makes Perfect P. Cotsen-Princeton 1 and the Training of Scribes in Byzantine Egypt
This book by papyrologist Scott Bucking is about a 7th century Sahidic Coptic manuscript including a syllabary and simple text indicating its use for elementary instruction in a monastery. The text provides a papyrological description of the manuscript, with a text describing its historical and soci... More info
Documentary The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem PAL version
This year we will complete one of our most prestigious projects, the publication of the Facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem bound in eight volumes (see www.blaeuvanderhem.com). To celebrate this occasion, a documentary on the facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem is now available on DVD.... More info
Documentary The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem NTSC version
This year we will complete one of our most prestigious projects, the publication of the Facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem bound in eight volumes (see www.blaeuvanderhem.com). To celebrate this occasion, a documentary on the facsimile of the Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem is now available on DVD.... More info
The Medieval Book. Glosses from Friends & Colleagues of Christopher de Hamel
This book was presented on the occasion of Christopher de Hamel’s sixtieth birthday, and celebrates his many accomplishments during his years at Sotheby’s and more recently as the Gaylord Donnelley Fellow Librarian of the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Christopher de Hamel has ... More info
The Glory of the Art of Writing. The Calligraphic Work of Francesco Alunno of Ferrara.
This is the culmination of Dr. Barker`s fifty years of research into the identity and work of Alunno, the most accomplished of all sixteenth-century Italian writing masters. With many new information on his life, career, and associations. It contains a text volume with a separate facsimile volume co... More info
Dibdin in Paris (1818).
This beautifull book gives an entertaining account of Dibdin’s stay in Paris during his bibliographical tour through France and Germany. Frans Janssen describes the bibliohiles’ visits to prominent representatives of the book world as Renouard, Brunet and Crapelet and their reactions to what he had ... More info