Art books

The most beautiful treatise on alchemy ever created.

Splendor Solis

This book on  the most beautiful alchemy treatise ever made is now available for you. We are talking about the Splendor Solis (1582, Har...

Discover this breathtaking example of Portuguese cartography 

Universal Atlas of Diogo Homem

The Universal Atlas of Diogo Homem is a must-have for any lover of art, history or cartography. Our international experts will lead you through th...

Masterpiece of French painting.

Great Hours of Anne of Brittany

The Great Hours of Anne of Brittany is undoubtedly a masterpiece of French painting , as is fitting for a manuscript intended for someone who w...

Art book - A luxurious manuscript of captivating loveliness 

Golf Book (Book of Hours) 

The person for whom this marvellous Book of Hours was made is still unknown. Running along the bottom of the pages in the calendar is a series of...

Add. Ms. 18851- British Library

The Isabella Breviary

One of the greatest treasures that British Library owns , among its vast collection of manuscripts, is The Isabella Breviary , a late 15th cent...

The art of France and Italy at the service of the world

Bible moralisée of Naples

The pages of the Bible Moralisée of Naples book dive us into the universe of this superb work completed in 1350 and written in French under...

On the masterpiece of English illumination

Gulbenkian Apocalypse

Second edition of the Gulbenkian Apocalypse art book. Features an in-depth analysis of this medieval illuminated manuscript (13th century) by ...

Monograph on the eclectic and mysterious world map

Estense World Map

In the 14th century the Catalonia-Valencia-Majorca region was a flourishing centre of trade and culture where Arab and Jewish elements blended wit...

The first chivalresque novel in the Spanish language

Libro del caballero Zifar

With our luxury-edition book of art, delve into a world of knights and chivalry. A truly exceptional manuscript, The Romance of the Knight Zifar...

25 years of unique and unrepeatable editions

Catalogue of M. Moleiro, the Art of Perfection

The never-ending search for the greatest bookish treasures that have withstood the passage and ravages of time has led to the creation of this book...

Alcaíns Codex

Libro de Daniel

The new addition to our biblical series that begin with the Apocalypse is the strange Book of Daniel featuring a variety of material: dreams to be...

Alcaíns Codex

Cantar de Cantares

This book consists of eight chapters: two lovers exchanging amorous compliments, a desert of shepherds and places with sonorous names, palm trees ...

Alcaíns Codex

Beato de Liébana

The Book of the Revelation illuminated in the style of calligraphers of old. Alcaíns decided to rekindle the extinct tradition of book illu...

Codex Alcaíns

Beato de Liébana– Luxury edition (black)

The Book of the Revelation illuminated in the style of calligraphers of old. Alcaíns decided to rekindle the extinct tradition of book il...

Codex Alcaíns

Libro de Daniel - Luxury edition

The new addition to our biblical series that begin with the Apocalypse is the strange Book of Daniel featuring a variety of material: dreams to be...

Erich Lessing and Philippe Sollers

Mujeres. Mitologías

An ode to women who have inspired art and defined civilizations. With its exceptional iconographic lavishness, Mujeres. Mitologías composes...

Jean-Louis Nou and Louis Frédéric

Borobudur

Nothing anywhere in the world quite compares with the dimensions and magnificent bas-reliefs of the Borobudur, an enormous Buddhist monument erect...

Frescos indios de méxico Sergio Gruzinski

El Águila y la Sibila

One of the most interesting cultural trends in the conquest of Mexico was undoubtedly the invasion of European forms and styles that helped reveal...

Liana Castelfranchi Vegas

El Arte en la Edad Media

El Arte en la Edad Media spans the period from the 6th century to International Gothic (first half of the 15th C.), and focuses on the historica...

Edited by Roberto Cassanelli

Talleres del Renacimiento

Talleres del Renacimiento addresses a basic and yet little known aspect of the history of European art: the process of creating a work of art in...

El Arte en el Renacimiento

El Arte en el Renacimiento addresses the different artistic expressions of fifteenth-century Europe, the many links between the works produced i...

Henri y Anne Stierlin

El Arte Barroco en España y Portugal

On the eve of colonial expansion, the Iberian Peninsula became part of a great artistic movement characterised by an overwhelming lavishness and o...

Codex Alcaíns

Cantar de Cantares - Luxury edition

This book consists of eight chapters: two lovers exchanging amorous compliments, a desert of shepherds and places with sonorous names, palm trees ...

The art of well-being unveiled folio by folio 

Tacuinum Sanitatis

The secrets to good health are revealed in the art book of Tacuinum Sanitatis (mid-15th century, Ms. Lat 9333), a unique iconographic source for...

Unveil the radiant illustrations of the Apocalypse 1313

The Apocalypse of 1313

Signed and dated in 1313 by its illuminator, Colin Chadelve, this Apocalypse is a unique creation apparently designed to cater for its patron's...

The most brilliant and lucid sample of the best painting of the 13th and 14th centuries.

Anglo-Catalan Psalter

The Anglo-Catalan Psalter is an exceptional work in every sense . The realization of its paintings took place in two phases, the first one in ...

Discover an Apocalypse that beautifully combines tradition and originality

Flemish Apocalypse

The Bibliothèque nationale de France manuscript is unique amongst illustrated Apocalypse codices. It features the artwork of exceptionally ta...

The truth and nothing but the truth about the Voynich manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript

This in-depth take on the mysterious Voynich manuscript  features complete and life-size reproductions of all of the pages in the Voynich ma...

Luxury-edition art book on the lavish Beatus

Beato de Fernando I y doña Sancha

Shortly after the Arab conquest, on the eve of the Carolingian era, a monk from Santo Toribio monastery by the name of Beatus wrote certain Commen...

Art book on the groundbreaking Beatus 

Beato de Fernando I y Sancha

Shortly after the Arab conquest, on the eve of the Carolingian era, a monk from Santo Toribio monastery by the name of Beatus wrote certain Commen...

Joaquín Yarza Luaces

Beato de Liébana - Manuscritos Iluminados

The 328 pages of Beatus of Liébana. Illuminated Manuscripts gather together all present-day knowledge of the oeuvre by Beatus of Liéba...

The most lavish codex containing the commentary by Beatus of Liébana

Beato de Liébana, códice del Monasterio Cisterciense de San Andrés de Arroyo

The characteristic traits of the Arroyo Beatus make it unique amongst all other beatus codices. It is considered to be a late beatus that combin...

Art book of the remarkable, richly-illustrated Beatus

Beatus of Liébana, codex of Gerona

The  Girona Beatus is one of the illustrated codices of the Commentary on the Apocalypse , the famous work by Beatus of Liébana that spread b...

Discover International Gothic's most sumptuous manuscript

Martirologio de Usuardo

Before reaching the city of Gerona, the Martyrology of Usuard had an eventful life. It originated in Prague, in the court of the king of Bohemia a...

Theatrum Sanitatis

Theatrum Sanitatis contains a treatise on medicine that was widely disseminated during the 14th and 15th centuries. Its aim was to teach princes...

The only extant, illustrated example of Nicander's work

Theriaka & Alexipharmaka, Nicander

In this luxury-edition book of art, discover the only existing work of the physician, poet and grammarian, Nicander of Colophon. Nicander's ...

The most lavish book of hours from the Flemish school of art

The Hours of Joanna I of Castile

The illuminations in this exceptional Book of Hours (also known as the  London Rothschild Prayerbook ) are the work of Gerard Horenbout, th...

The Hours of Maria of Navarre

On 26 April 1342, Peter the Ceremonious wrote to his wife, Queen Mary of Navarre, asking her to send him from Valencia, as quickly as possible, th...

Book of Hours of Louis of Orleans

This extraordinary book of hours, created around 1490, is the work of the master painter Jean Colombe and his atelier. The illuminations in this t...

Coordinated by Roberto Cassanelli

Talleres de Arquitectura en la Edad Media

Written by leading experts in medieval architecture, Talleres de Arquitectura en la Edad Media addresses one of the driving forces of economic d...

An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry

Cantigas de Amigo

Essential reading for an understanding of the medieval poetry of Galicia and Portugal. Antonio García Patiño’s illustrations ...

Pierre Grimal

Iglesias de Roma

Rome is undoubtedly the city in the world with the most churches, more than two hundred at the present time, many of which were built on the site ...

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is the brilliant symbol of a love that aimed to be stronger than death and also the impressive reflection of the omnipotence of th...