Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and
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John Charles van Dyke (1856-1932) was an American art historian and critic. He was born at New Brunswick, N. J., studied at Columbia, and for many years in Europe. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1877 but never practiced law. He was appointed librarian at Sage Library, New Brunswick in 1878, then in 1899 professor of art history in Rutgers College. He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote a series of critical guide books: New Guides to Old Masters. He edited Modern French Masters (1896), Old Dutch and Flemish Masters (1901), Old English Masters; and a series of histories covering the history of art in
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A discussion of the production, circulation and use of books in early Christianity. This book covers areas such as the relation between oral tradition and written materials, books’ transcription, publication and dissemination, and how Christian libraries were formed and how they were
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