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Illustrating the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare by John Boydell
Watch a short film narrated by Laura Minor on the 1803 elephant folio issue of this work, which features key scenes from the plays created by the most eminent English… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Science/Natural History, Videos
A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way by Edward Emerson Barnard
Watch this short film featuring Rebecca Romney discussing the groundbreaking photography involved in the creation of this inspiring work. Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
The Knave of Hearts Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to hear the truth of an old legend that has persisted wrongly through the ages; Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Les Dîners de Gala by Salvador Dalí
Giving new meaning to the term “celebrity chef,” artist Salvador Dalí released a fantastic cookbook in 1973, dedicated to his wife. The work, Les Dîners de Gala is an opulent,… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Spotlight: Blake’s “Visionary Heads” Drawing of Wat Tyler
You can see what I do if you choose. Work up imagination to the state of vision, and the thing is done. – William Blake Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Travel, Videos
The Story Behind The History of The Indian Tribes of North America
Watch this short film featuring Rebecca Romney, Manager, Bauman Rare Books, Las Vegas and the story behind the creation of one of the most famous illustrated histories by Thomas McKenney… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Science/Natural History
The Story Behind John James Audubon’s Birds of America
It was a chance encounter with nature artist Alexander Wilson that made John James Audubon realize he could make a living from selling his drawings featuring birds of America. At… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Destruction of The Box
Genius bordering on maniacal attention to detail defines the seventy-year career of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. A master of all of the tools at his disposal, Wright frequently… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Rare Books 101
COLLECTING IN 3D: Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Images
The Stereoscope, first invented in the 1830s, allows the illusion of two very slightly different images to appear as one. Producing Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Images was good business, and quite… Read More
Illustrated - Art, Photography, Architecture, Rare Books 101
Made to Measure: Rare and Collectable Swatch Books
Like great beauty, some of our books excel in that touch of the unexpected. These are books that shroud themselves in mystery by the very nature of their unrevealing bindings,… Read More