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Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, this magnificent Folio collector’s edition reveals his brilliance in three beautifully illustrated volumes with stunning gold-blocked bindings.

Richard Dawkins’s startling theory propelled The Selfish Gene to international acclaim and it remains the de facto text on social development. This first illustrated edition includes 51 incredible colour photographs.

This lavishly illustrated edition of Mayflower meets you on board a storm-lashed ship filled with resolute Pilgrims and leaves you a generation later in the blood-soaked new American nation.

Before Downton Abbey graced our televisions, Mark Girouard went behind the scenes of England’s country houses. His fascinating bestseller is newly imagined in a stunning Folio edition with architect-designed binding.

The United States of America takes a grand visual tour across this incredible continent though the best of the National Geographic archives.

A rare chance to own an astonishing visual record of the exploration of parts of the natural world. Fully illustrated with over 800 colour plates. Published by Rizzoli and Musèum national d’Histoire naturelle.

One of Britain’s best-selling historians, Andrew Roberts pens a magnificently fresh and unexpected biography in Churchill: Walking with Destiny.

Part portrait of Britain’s greatest man of letters, part guide to life, The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters is a witty and erudite re-evaluation of Dr Johnson’s enduring relevance. 

Vienna 1900 Complete brings together almost 1,000 images representing the richness of the visual arts in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. 

In The Writer’s Map, historian Huw Lewis-Jones presents the maps that writers create and those that inspire their writing. 

Melissa McCormick's illustrated companion is the perfect guide to The Tale of Genji, the 11th-century Japanese masterpiece by Murusaki Shikibu. 

James Mustich’s 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die is the fifth title in the best-selling ‘Before You Die’ series.

Mark Evans brings together some of the most beautiful studies of the English weather in Constable’s Skies. 

Best-selling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond in Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand.

One of the most authoritative celebrations of mosque architecture and Islamic design, lavishly illustrated throughout.

David Attenborough’s acclaimed Life on Earth celebrates its 40th anniversary with an updated edition, including all new photography.

The fascinating wartime correspondence of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill is brought together in The Kremlin Letters.

A fascinating book, encased in a beautiful collector’s box, The Orchid tells the intriguing stories of 40 orchids.

The Islamic World is a global history told through art and cultural artefacts dating from the 7th century to the present.

In Heaven on Earth T. J. Clark interweaves philosophical interrogation with contemporary art theory.

Susan Schulten explores the story of the continent in A History of America in 100 Maps.

The Family of Hummingbirds is the definitive collection of illustrations by 19th-century naturalist painter John Gould.

Robert Philip’s The Classical Music Lover’s Companion to Orchestral Music is an essential guide to 400 popular works.

Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms showcases the British Library’s outstanding collection of manuscripts and accompanies the 2018 exhibition of the same name. 

A cornucopia of curious places and bizarre events, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most fascinating places and events in the world. 

Gwyn Jones dispels the myths of an empire built on terror and tyranny, in The Vikings; now in its seventh Folio Society printing.

The definitive account of ancient Rome by acclaimed historian Mary Beard vividly depicts ordinary Roman lives and contains more than 45 full-colour images specially selected for the Folio edition of S.P.Q.R.

The Folio Book of Science is the first anthology of science writing equally weighted between male and female authors, selected by scientist, author and broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts.

Graham and Hugh Greene expose the clandestine world of espionage in The Spy’s Bedside Book,  illustrated with the meticulous and mysterious drawings of Nick Hardcastle.

One of the most beautiful and beloved books of the Private Press movement, and a showcase for Eric Gill’s engravings and typeface, The Four Gospels is reproduced as an exquisite new Folio Society edition.