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From gift-bestowing sparrows and peach-born heroes to goblin spiders and dancing phantom cats — in a series of beautifully illustrated books, the majority printed on an unusual cloth-like crepe paper, the publisher Takejiro Hasegawa introduced Japanese folk tales to the West. Christopher DeCou on how a pioneering cross-cultural endeavour gave rise to a magnificent chapter in the history of children's publishing. …more
Used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas for millennia, it was…more
Though the 17th-century whaling station of Smeerenburg was in reality, at its…more
In addition to the numerous pioneering works of science fiction by which…more
Jé Wilson charts the migration of the Lustucru figure through the French…more
Impressive Victorian lithographs of Anglo-Saxon and early Irish illuminated manuscripts from the dark ages and early…more
Remarkable collection of photographs documenting the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of…more
The enigmatic story of the Unicorn Tapestries, whose multifarious medieval symbolism still…more
Privately published memoir of an American portraitist who grew up in a log cabin and went…more
Over a century before the invention of the e-reader, a French bibliophile…more
An account of the early serial killers, Burke and Hare, and the…more
Intricate fish illustrations by Sherman F. Denton (1856–1937), the talented artist, naturalist, scientist, and entrepreneur.Read more
The well-known Oriental painter’s illustrated picturesque scenes of Egypt and its architectural landmarks, as well as the daily lives of the people, made while traveling around the country.Read more
Very early animation in which puppets get up to various routines, including wrestling, fencing, and what…more
Experimental film from Alexander Hammid (and possibly also Maya Deren) exploring the…more
Having gorged himself on Welsh Rarebit — melted cheese on toast —…more
Recording by the legendary musicologist Alan Lomax of Abner Boggs singing a heartrending rendition of this…more
Version from Olive Kline and Elsie Baker of one of the most…more
Songs from Shakespeare plays as recorded by Victor in the first two…more
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