Exotic plants, corals and crocodiles, birds and butterflies. Albertus Seba’s extraordinary catalog of natural specimens is not only one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements but also one of the most prized natural history books of all time. It is a beautiful tribute to the abundance and diversity of Earth's creatures, great and small, as well as a fascinating record of some now-extinct animals. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.41 kg, 512 pages

Mario Testino selects his finest male portraiture from the past 30 years. As costume, gender play, photojournalism, and fashion collide, this Eden of male allure is testimony both to Testino’s unfailing eye for immediacy and elegance, and to the evolution of male self-expression over the past three decades. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.41 kg, 512 pages

Psychedelia meets Black Power, sexual liberation meets social conscience, and street portraiture meets fantastical comic art in this epic volume of groove. Complete with cultural context, design analysis and interviews with key industry figures, the collection gathers more than 500 legendary record covers from a golden era of Black music. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages

With a patented seven-bulb 1200-watt strobe lighting rig, Michael Muller dives to ocean depths around the world to photograph sharks with the same precision and proximity he achieved in Hollywood studios. This book brings together his most spectacular shots, including the first-known photograph of a great white breaching at night. Hardcover with two fold-outs, 25.6 x 34 cm, 2.73 kg, 334 pages

This striking collection of jazz covers presents the designs that defined jazz, from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Each cover reproduction, spanning photographic and illustrative works, is a marriage of music and design. It is a remarkable history of jazz, with background information included for each cover. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages

Renowned for his politics as much as for his art based on social intervention, a new approach to the readymade, and Chinese traditional crafts, Ai Weiwei’s fame extends beyond the art world. This monograph explores 30 years of work, from his exile in 80s New York to the art as social campaign that led to his detention. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.23 kg, 512 pages

Enter a land of tranquil cobbled squares, rustic earthenware, and lavender fields. In this survey of Provençal homes and interiors, discover all of the rural charm that enraptured artists as van Gogh and Picasso. From lavish chateaus to quiet retreats, this edition features insightful captions, enthralling double spreads, and beautiful photography. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.22 kg, 504 pages

Step into some of the most beautiful havens of Tuscany. Grand patrician homes and rural hermitages alike open their doors to reveal Medici pottery, sun-kissed drawing rooms, and colorful tiled floors. With detailed captions and crisp photography, this portfolio presents each home and its interior to paint a gorgeous picture of Tuscan living. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.13 kg, 464 pages

Legendary tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to the 1970s. Showcasing over two hundred years of worldwide tattoo history, the book brings together the best of Schiffmacher’s renowned private collection with lively personal commentary by the art’s most beloved raconteur. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pages

Bibliophiles, rejoice! In this rapturous photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries to celebrate their architectural and historical wonder. From medieval to 19th-century, from private to monastic, this is a cultural-historical pilgrimage to the heart of our halls of learning and the stories they tell. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pages

Enter a world of haunting power and dark psychedelia with this tribute to the biomechanic visions of HR Giger. The anniversary edition spans the artist’s painting, sculpture, film design, and unique museum, with an essay by Andreas J. Hirsch, and a biography based on contemporary quotes and Giger’s own statements. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.10 kg, 512 pages

Cabinets of curiosities fascinated people of the 16th and 17th centuries. They offered a glimpse into a world full of natural wonders and treasures that aimed to reflect the order of the universe. This volume takes us through the world’s most beautiful collections, into the Medici treasury or the Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) of Dresden, and offers no less than a brief cultural history of the miraculous. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.10 kg, 448 pages

Frédéric Chaubin’s Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed features 90 Soviet buildings throughout the former USSR, each built between 1970 and 1990. It is a journey through time. With local exoticism, outlandish ideas, and a puzzle of styles, these weird and wonderful buildings are unearthly reminders of a fallen ideology. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.08 kg, 440 pages

Featuring Julie Bell, Philippe Druillet, Frank Frazetta, H.R. Giger, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Rowena Morrill, and Boris Vallejo, among many others. This book combines original paintings with preparatory sketches, sculptures, calendars, magazines, and paperback books for an immersive dive into this dynamic, fanciful genre. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.02 kg, 512 pages

Amid the ravages of the Great Depression, the photographers of the Farm Security Administration set out to document the rural poor and “introduce America to Americans.” With nearly 400 pictures from the likes Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Walker Evans, and Russell Lee, this collection celebrates their efforts, as much for the power of each individual image as their collective and indelible survey of the United States. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.05 kg, 608 pages

For all those who thought digital heralded the end of an era: illustration is alive and kicking, and new tools have given the art renewed vigor and the illustrator greater stamina. Steven Heller & Julius Wiedemann present a snapshot of “the new golden age of illustration,” rounding up the most talented artists around the world. Pick your favorites! View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.05 kg, 608 pages

Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge urban renewal schemes? With 100 projects from China, Chile, and everywhere in between, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 0.97 kg, 632 pages

With his revolutionary and liberated view of the naked body and sexuality, Egon Schiele emphatically wrote himself into the history of art at the beginning of the last century. Even today, the women and self-portraits painted by the enfant terrible of the Viennese modern age still have an exciting and bold effect. They were all created during the last decade of his short life. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pages

This XL edition traces the extraordinary depth and breadth of Michelangelo’s work and his ascent to the elite of the Renaissance and art history. Ten richly illustrated chapters cover the artist’s paintings, sculptures, and architecture, with special focus on the tour de force frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.55 kg, 480 pages

This volume is the ultimate sports car anthology, featuring 50 of the most remarkable and desirable models of all time, from the landmark 1912 Stutz Model A Bear Cat to the radical 2020 McLaren Speedtail. Each example is presented in stunning imagery by the world’s leading car photographers. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages