Books published by Ashmolean Museum

No other book exists to rival the continuing importance attached to this group of essays, written by many of the foremost scholars in their respective areas, brought together to explore common ground in the history of collecting.

The well respected wood Engraver, Anne Desmet, selects 45 of her favourite wood engravings from the Ashmolean collection.

Highlights of the works of Samuel Palmer held in the collection at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Revised and expanded version of the Palmer title first published in 1999.

Highlights of the works of John Ruskin held in the collection at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. First book on the Ashmolean collection in over 30 years.

The distinguished woodcut artist Naoko Matsubara collaborates with award-winning poet Penny Boxall to celebrate the beauty and versatility of the human hand.

An exhibition catalogue focusing on the Ashmolean's rarely seen reserve collection of Pre-Raphaelite drawings and watercolours.

The story of one of the first and most important civilisations in history, and the first to invent writing.

This beautifully designed book is a celebration of one of the world's most creative, dynamic and fascinating cities: Tokyo.

The catalogue of the exhibition 'Young Rembrandt', which focuses on the first ten years of the artist's career.

An introduction to the art of surimono, illustrated with previously unpublished examples from the Ashmolean Museum's collections.

The only book in print on the subject of Alan Caiger-Smith and the Aldermaston Pottery.

New insights into early Christian archaeology and art. Previously unpublished material from the Vatican Library, covering Jewish, pagan and Christian history

A unique and fascinating collection of American Art from the 1920s and 1930s "Machine Age".

The first retrospective of a true master of Chinese Art, published to coincide with an exhibition at the Ashmolean which runs from 7 November 2017 to 15 April 2018.

This book covers all early Indian objects (pre-600 AD) held by the Department of Eastern Art in the Ashmolean Museum, featuring previously unpublished material and new photography of all objects.

A short, accessible and affordable history of the Jewish people. The objects featured can be seen in the Ashmolean Museum, and many of their stories have not been told before.

Written to honour this marvellous, newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future.

Achieves a new level of academic expertise on significant Aksumite coinage, and the collection in the Ashmolean is of higher quality and greater interest than that held at the British Museum.

The very latest in research on the Rawlinson Seals in the Ashmolean Museum, contains previously unpublished data and new colour photography.

The first book of its kind, offering a unique opportunity to view many inaccessible places in Oxford and including many previously unpublished images and pictures of the new RIBA-nominated chapel at Ripon College.

The first publication on the Michael Wellby bequest to the Ashmolean, introducing over sixty of the most important items in the collection, and timed to coincide with the opening of the new Wellby Bequest Gallery in the Museum in September 2015.

Tells the story of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the world's first university museum, dating from the late 1600s.