This elegant gift edition pays tribute to the symbolic and allegorical language of flowers by placing flower portraits , manuscripts and botanical atlases alongside myths, legends and poetry from around the world. Devoted to flowers, the book is beau...

The symbolism surrounding the bird is unequalled by any other creature. Godlike, mysterious, benevolent or evil, they can be associated with fire, with freedom, with fragility and have been a recurrent symbol in mythology, literature and art through...

Every letter in this unusual ABC book opens a door into the treasure-stores of one of the world's great museums. the book is aimed not only at children who start learning their letters, but also at a slightly older age group and at parents who want t...

Miniature souvenir version of the large-format ABC book. Enlarged details of paintings, sculpture, jewellery, netsuke, Scythian gold-all these masterpieces of world culture created by human hands across many centuries can be found here.