Brutus: Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos

Brutus: Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos
Author: Hubert Languet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521349871

A complete translation and detailed edition of an influential treatise.

Dr Thorndyke's Casebook

Dr Thorndyke's Casebook
Author: R. Austin Freeman
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755143671

A compelling collection of Dr Thorndyke mysteries in a bumper crop of Richard Austin Freeman’s fiction. Opening with ‘The Case of the White Footprints’; revealing the secrets of ‘The Blue Scarab’; and teasing all that read ‘The Stolen Ingots’, Freeman introduces some extraordinary detective stories to bamboozle the most able of minds.

Shishi and Other Netsuke

Shishi and Other Netsuke
Author: Rosemary Bandini
Publisher: Hotei Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Animals in art
ISBN: 9780953573301

Long-time collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting netsuke of animals and celestial beings. A considerable part of the collection consists of so-called shishi (lion dogs). These beautiful miniature art objects have been described at length by Rosemary Bandini. beautiful Japanese art form. The appendix contains pictures of the signatures found on the netsuke, a very useful guide to the collector.

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Author: Hugh Honour
Publisher: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1971
Genre: Art metal-workers
ISBN: 9780297003441

Studies of 50 goldsmiths and silversmiths from 10 countries and 11 centuries.