Illustrated fables by a pupil of Titian: 100+ woodcuts reveal an unexpected facet of Renaissance artistic brilliance.

An archaeological masterpiece: 65 chromolithographs preserving Pompeii's vanished frescoes.

Pyrotechnics: from military craft to a disciplined science of spectacle.

Second enlarged edition of a pioneering English treatise on cider production and fruit-wines, with engravings of ingenious machines and bees as essential partners in the orchard.

The pyrotechnics scientific manual that first combined the military and theatrical study of gunpowder and fireworks.

Exceptional 51-piece early 900 Italian botanical herbarium with original Latin labels.

107 exquisite chromolithographic plates showcasing the finest German poultry breeds.