Over a hundred Roman war machines (including incredible diving bells) charming readers for centuries.

Fifty-three plates of the finest Late Renaissance and Baroque Roman architecture on the go, for Italian and German artists.

A gentleman’s guide to wine: sharp, witty, and unexpectedly scientific.

Forty-five plates to document one of the first museums and libraries, still shimmering with Baroque wunderkammer flair.

Tobacco as a miracle herb, with images of Native American traditional knowledge, Persian pipes recorded in a Western book for the first time, and botanical beauties.

A sparkling fusion of chemistry and theatre in a rare fireworks manual.

Vineyards of Riesling and Orleans, Romantic Rhine, mapped for the enlightened traveler.