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Maria Sibylla Merian, Insects of Surinam
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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
The World of Ornament
TASCHEN 25 - Special Price
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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
Mamerot, Les Passages d'Outremer. A Chronicle of the Crusades

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
The Bible in Pictures

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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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.

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eCard 'The Bible in Pictures'

Visions of Heaven and Hell. Lucas Cranach's incendiary illustrations for Luther's 1534 Bible. Scene from the Revelation (detail).

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