Abaris is renowned for its definitive collections of titles in art history and other subjects, and for its cataloguing of renowned artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Marcantonio Raimondi, Jean Duvet, Wenceslaus Hollar, Antonio Tempesta, The Carraccis, and Caravaggio.

This massive project was left unfinished upon Strauss' death[a],[2] and Abaris Books became an imprint of OPAL Publishing Corporation.

Notable titles include Colin Eisler's The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet,[7] Udo Kultermann's The History of Art History,[8] the definitive English translation by Winslow Ames of Joseph Meder's classic, The Mastery of Drawing,[9] François Bucher's Architector: The Lodge Books and Sketchbooks of Medieval Architects,[10] Vladimír Denkstein's Hollar Drawings,[11] and Walter Strauss' own Chiaroscuro: The Clair-Obscure Woodcuts by the German and Netherlandish Masters of the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries.

These additional volumes define the scholarship of European master prints and reflect the world of art scholasticism.

In 2003,[13] Abaris Books granted a non-exclusive license to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to convert portions of their photographic archive into electronic format.