Pallas Athene and Network Books

Pallas Athene Books

Pallas Athene has been publishing attractive, intelligent books for 25 years. Our current titles are available on the Shop page.

We mainly focus on art, although we also publish books about travel, history and food – and some on other subjects simply because we like them.

Ruskin is a particular interest, and so is Venice. Our main series is the richly illustrated Lives of the Artists, which brings together accounts of great artists by their contemporaries.

Our current book on showcase is John Ruskin’s Flora of Chamonix, which we’re very pleased to announce has won the Ruskin Society Book of the Year. The first volume is the full-size facsimile of Ruskin’s previously unpublished, beautiful book of pressed plants collected from the mountains and forests around Chamonix. This is accompanied by a volume of notes and commentary by Professors David Ingram and Stephen Wildman. We’re very proud of the book and think the award is very well-deserved!

You can find us on social media for news about our books and for treasures found while publishing.

This website also includes books sold by our sister company, Network Books Distribution. These include art titles published by Slovakian press Slovart and titles about wine published by Vendange Press.