Now Online: Our Big Christmas Catalog 2025 with 75 Selected Facsimiles on Offer!

In keeping with the holiday season, we would like to present this year's Christmas Catalog with 75 selected facsimiles, which we have carefully compiled for you. Discover great masterpieces and small gems of book art, as well as unique historical artifacts!

In our Christmas Catalog 2025, you will find book treasures from almost all eras and genres of the Middle Ages and modern times. Among the undisputed highlights are magnificently illuminated book treasures such as the Codex Aureus of Echternach with its luxury binding, the Grandes Heures du Duc de Berry by the Limbourg brothers, and the famous Grimani Breviary, which are unparalleled in their opulence. In addition, the genuine parchment edition of the Egyptian Book of the Dead Papyrus Ani is a sought-after rarity.

Discover significant early medieval manuscripts such as the Herbolarium et Materia Medica and the famous Aberystwyth Aratea, as well as the book art of the Ottonian period, shining in gold and purple, including the Pericopes of Henry II and the Codex Benedictus. Romanesque book illumination is represented by precious manuscripts such as the fascinating Liber scivias by Hildegard von Bingen and the magnificent English St. Petersburg Bestiary.

The elegant artistry of the Gothic is evident in beautiful codices such as the pioneering Savoy Hours and the masterful Sobieski Hours, but also in the breathtaking Book of Hours of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, the extraordinary Codex of Astronomy and Astrology of King Wenceslas, and the unique Codex Rotundus.

Moreover, magnificent masterpieces such as the opulent Sforza Hours, the artistic Vatican Aratea, the richly illuminated Primer of Claude de France, and the magnificent Prayer Book of Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria bring the high art of the Renaissance to life. You can also discover valuable gems of historical book printing, such as Matthäus Merian's influential Bible of 1630 and the famous Mercator Atlas – Codex Berlin.