Hokusai’s Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, edited by Kyoko Wada
On books: The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home
A look into the decorative lives of four bachelors from the early twentieth century.
Arts and Sciences
Long revered for his contributions to the field of ornithology, John James Audubon’s artistic influences and legacy receive proper vetting in a new book.
Books That Illustrate Nature with Nature Itself
On exsiccatae, xylotheks, lepidochromes, and other rare books and collections that incorporate actual biological and botanical specimens.
“Life Is Better with Antiques”
A new book takes readers into the eccentrically elegant home of a New Orleans antiques dealer and interior decorator.
On books: Book of Hours
A new treatise on the early American polymath David Rittenhouse draws attention to his elegant timepieces.
“We’re selling it, not renting it”
In this excerpt from a forthcoming memoir, an auction house veteran looks back on his beginning days in the trade.
Field notes: The Road to Redemption
The Barnes Foundation’s new book explores its past and present.
“Like a Moth to the Flame”
In an excerpt from his new book, furniture maker Michael Coffey describes the beginnings of his transition from one type of good works to another.
From Gunpowder to Greenery
How the grounds of the du Pont family’s first estate—now the home of the Hagley Museum and Library—were transformed from a munitions mill to a romantic Italianate garden.
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