An Italian pop-up carousel Cinderella, designed by a La Scala scenographer

First ethnographic study of Neapolitan street gestures, as a key to ancient art

Illustrated horsemanship for women

An ironic take on the European craze for the Chinese tangram, with 12 hand-colored plates

Northern lights over Venice, explained through Newtonian optics

Over 2,300 lavishly hand-colored butterflies and moths

The embryo of a pamphlet destined for wide circulation, with a curious handwritten note.

Over 400 woodcuts for one of the foundational books of modern ichthyology

Limited De Luxe edition, signed by the author, a.k.a. the gatekeeper of the Gilded Age

First impression of the novel behind one of the world's best-loved operas

45 plates of water architecture of 16-century Rome

The first learned manual to decipher body language and eloquent silence

Dürer's foundational treatise on human proportion, first Italian edition with over 100 woodcuts.

Renaissance survey of the world’s islands, richly engraved from Europe to Asia and the Americas.

The best of Renaissance thinking in 151 emblems, with Parmigianino and Agostino Carracci’s marks on the plates.

Magnificent plates for the definitive 18th century guide to French court embroidery.

Foundational American viticulture manual: native grapes, vineyard craft, winemaking.

A greenhouse grape manual where English practice is reworked for German growers.

Pre-Phylloxera wine chemistry, caught at the edge of a scientific rewrite.

A Phylloxera-era manual, illustrated.

Latin chemistry dissertation on sulphuric acid, alcohol, and ether.

Academic dissertation on wine: chemistry and medicine, geography and enology.

Academic medical dissertation on wine, from its history to adulteration tests.