Classics
 New! Maria Sibylla Merian, Insects of Surinam
Hardcover, 25.1 x 34.2 cm (9.9 x 13.5 in.), 192 pages
$ 39.99
A complete reprint of Merian's great 1705 work on the stages of butterfly and insect development
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  New! The World of Ornament
Hardcover, slipcase + image database, 25.2 x 38.2 cm (9.9 x 15 in.), 528 pages
$ 70.00
TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!
History's most beautiful patterns—available to download from a high-resolution image database |
 New! Mamerot, Les Passages d'Outremer. A Chronicle of the Crusades
Hardcover, 2 vols. in a slipcase, 23 x 32 cm (9.1 x 12.6 in.), 816 pages
$ 150.00
This flawless facsimile of the original and incredibly rare 1474 illustrated manuscript captures life—and death—during the dramatic and bloody French crusades of the Middle Ages
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 New! The Bible in Pictures
Hardcover, 23.6 x 34.2 cm (9.3 x 13.5 in.), 200 pages
$ 39.99
Shocking, terrifying and utterly scandalous: 117 color illustrations from Luther's Bible of 1534, complete with explanatory texts detailing their profound impact on the history of Christianity.
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Editor in charge
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Petra Lamers-Schütze studied art history, archaeology and Romance languages and literatures in Mainz and Rome, gaining her doctorate in 1991. She has worked for TASCHEN since 1998, writing and editing numerous art titles, and overseeing the "Art" and "Classic" series. |