Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions govern orders for physical books from ad picturam, specialist publisher for scholarly art literature, registered merchant. Deviating arrangements require our express confirmation. The version published when the order is submitted applies.

A book displayed in the shop is not a binding offer. Before submission, you can review and correct your entries and cart.

For online payment, the purchase contract is formed when payment is successfully confirmed. An invoice order is initially a non-binding request; the purchase contract is formed only when we expressly approve it by email. The invoice is payable in full within 30 days of its date.

If a book is unavailable despite being shown as available, or an obvious writing, printing or calculation error occurred, we may reject the order. Payments already received will be refunded without undue delay.

Right of cancellation: Consumers have the right to cancel this contract within fourteen days without giving a reason. The period expires fourteen days after you, or a third party appointed by you other than the carrier, takes possession of the goods. For goods from one order delivered separately, it begins on receipt of the final item.

To exercise this right, inform us – ad picturam, Im Ried 4b, 79249 Merzhausen, Germany, email info@ad-picturam.de – of your decision by a clear statement, such as a letter or email. You may use the model form below, but this is not mandatory. Sending the statement before the deadline is sufficient.

Effects of cancellation: We will reimburse all payments received, including the cost of our least expensive standard delivery, without undue delay and no later than fourteen days after receiving your statement. We normally use the same payment method. We may withhold reimbursement until we receive the goods or you provide evidence of dispatch.

Return the goods without undue delay and no later than fourteen days after declaring cancellation. You bear the direct return cost. You are liable for diminished value only where handling went beyond what was necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Model cancellation form: To ad picturam, Im Ried 4b, 79249 Merzhausen, Germany, info@ad-picturam.de. I/We hereby cancel the contract concluded by me/us for the purchase of the following goods: ______. Ordered on/received on: ______. Name and address: ______. Date and signature, only if submitted on paper: ______.

Delivery is made to the address entered at checkout. Delivery estimates are binding only when expressly agreed. For consumers, risk of accidental loss or deterioration passes on delivery; the statutory rules for sales involving carriage apply to business customers.

All checkout amounts are denominated in euros. The binding total, including applicable VAT and shipping, is displayed before the order is submitted.

Online payments are captured immediately through the Stripe methods offered at checkout. Invoice orders require manual approval and are payable within 30 days. For international orders, we may decline a payment method where reasonably necessary to manage payment or fraud risk.

Shipping applicable to the destination and order is displayed before submission. Customs duties, import taxes or similar charges outside the European Union are not included in the total and are borne by the recipient unless mandatory law provides otherwise.

The delivered goods remain the property of ad picturam until payment has been made in full.

Where possible, please notify us at info@ad-picturam.de before returning goods and use suitable packaging. This does not restrict statutory cancellation or warranty rights.

Statutory warranty rights apply. Our liability is unlimited for intent and gross negligence, injury to life, body or health, under product liability law, and within an expressly assumed guarantee.

For a slightly negligent breach of an essential contractual duty, liability is limited to typical foreseeable loss. Liability for other slight negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by law.

Personal data is processed for contract performance as described in our Privacy Policy.

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. For consumers, this choice does not remove mandatory protection under the law of their habitual residence.

For merchants, public-law entities and public-law special funds, the place of jurisdiction is Freiburg im Breisgau. Otherwise, statutory jurisdiction rules apply. If one provision is invalid, the remaining provisions remain effective. The German version is authoritative where legally permitted.