Expeditions would often include not only pioneers but artists, whose drawings would be transformed, back home, into engravings that were published in sumptuous, outsized books describing these exotic voyages.

Honour and Arms by J.F. Huxford (London 1984) is a quite sumptuous book covering augmentations from early, legendary, varieties up to the present century.

Despite its restrictive-sounding title, this sumptuous book is really about the French rage for Spanish art during the 19th century.

Ripert came up with the handle for his sumptuous new book, "A Return to Cooking," precisely to leave the efficiency of the restaurant staff and equipment behind.

His Changing Perspectives in literature and the visual arts was rated 'Outstanding' by Choice, described there as: "A sumptuous book.

These sumptuous books were used not only for prayer but also as calendars, recorders of genealogies and primers for children.

But that is a small deficit in a sumptuous book that places Bernini's buildings back at the center of his art.

But settled on a firmer surface, this sumptuous book should provide pleasure even to those who have no interest in wielding a hoe.

Two weeks before I was sent this sumptuous book of photographs, I went to a Bob Dylan concert at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, Calif.

Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and animals.