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
Women in revolutionary debate. Female novelists from Burney to Austen.
In the later eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries novels were believed to have the power to shape and/or change behaviour, and, by implication, affect the political landscape of society on a large scale. The English response to the French Revolution can be traced through a reading of the nove... More info
Celestina
Calisto courts Melibea but she rejects him. His servant advices him to use the matchmaker Celestina. She bewitches the girl and arranges a meeting for which she is handsomely paid. When his servants claim their part and she refuses they kill her. In turn they are executed for this crime. In a nigh... More info
Noord-Nederlandse meubelen van renaissance tot vroege barok 1550-1670
Here is a book, which for the very first time, gives a thorough synopsis of the Dutch art of furniture making in the late 16th and 17th century. The enormous prosperity in this Dutch golden age naturally had its reflection on for instance the worldwide known art of painting. Also in other art forms,... 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
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
Leerschool der liefde. Burgerlijk drama en de Amsterdamse Schouwburg 1738-1788. Geschiedenis, repertoire, rece...
In Dutch with English summary. Een gedegen beschrijving van het burgerlijk drama in Nederland, een nieuw dramagenre dat zich hier ontwikkelde vanaf de vroege 18e eeuw uit en naast het reeds bestaande classicistische blij- en treurspel. Mattheij beschrijft de introductie van het burgerlijk ... 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
Education in the earliest schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection.
This richly illustrated publication by Mark Wilson comprises an introductory essay and catalogue of the nearly two hundred tablets from the Cotsen Collection of ancient school texts, the greater number of these dating from the Old Babylonian period.The first part tells the story of the `Eduba` -... More info