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Art Annual Biographies. Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier

Art Annual · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.70 | $99.30 | ¥15,869)

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A beautiful collection of biographies on 6 of the most prominent artists from the late Victorian era; Frederick Leighton, Sir John Everett Millais, Alma Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, James Clarke Hook, and Meissonier A very scarce edi...

Transformations: Critical and Speculative Essays on Art

Roger Fry · 1926 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€418.58 | $463.40 | ¥74,055)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge. A series of critical and speculative essays on art by Roger Fry, concerning the transmu...

Histoire D&Apos;Une Forteresse

Viollet-le-Duc · 1874 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.41 | $191.98 | ¥30,680)

Paris, J. Hetzel, [1874]. Leather. A sweeping work of architectural history by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, in the original French. History of the fortification or a fortified fictional site called la Roche-Pont, from its earliest pre-Roman history to its siege by the Allied armies ...

Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Morland

John Hassell · 1806 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€406.62 | $450.16 | ¥71,939)

London, James Cundee, 1806. First edition. Leather. The first edition of John Hassel's beautifully engraved biography of painter George Morland, published only two years after his death. The first edition of landscape painter John Hassell's illustrated biography of h...

William Dyce 1806-1864: A Critical Biography

Marcia Pointon · 1979 · Rooke Books

£77.00 (€92.09 | $101.95 | ¥16,292)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A biography on the Scottish painter William Dyce, with over one-hundred pages of illustrations to the rear of text. First edition, uncommon, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece...

Painting As a Pastime

Anonymous · 1998 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.53 | $152.26 | ¥24,332)

London, Sotheby's, 1998. First edition. Hardback. A fascinating insight into the life of Winston Churchill as an artist, printed by Sotheby's and illustrated in colour with examples of his work. This work was published to accompany Sotheby's exhibition of the ar...

The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale

Christopher Gilbert · 1978 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.63 | $119.16 | ¥19,043)

London, Studio Vista; Christie's, 1978. Cloth. A fascinating examination of Thomas Chippendale's world renowned furniture of the eighteenth century, illustrated with examples of his work throughout. Comprising a biography of Chippendale, his business, furniture desig...

The Beginning of the World

1902 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.45 | $178.74 | ¥28,564)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1902 . Cloth. The illustrated biblical story of the origin of the world, with twenty-five engravings by Edward Burne-Jones. The first edition thus reproducing twenty-five designs from the an illustrated edition of Mr. Mackail's 'Biblia I...

Notes on the Ecclesiastical and Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of the Middle Ages in Bristol

George Pryce · 1850 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1850. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated first edition work examining the ecclesiastical sculpture and monuments of Bristol. The first edition of this study of the history of middle ages architecture in Bristol. From historian George Pryce, aut...

Regency Furniture 1795-1820

M Jourdain · 1934 · Rooke Books

£47.00 (€56.21 | $62.23 | ¥9,944)

London, Country Life , 1934. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this work regarding Regency style furniture, an excellent copy. The first edition of this charming work concerning the various pieces of Regency furniture from 1795 to 1820. Written by M. Jourdain....

Art and the Industrial Revolution

Francis D. Klingender · 1947 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.20 | $129.75 | ¥20,735)

London, Noel Carrington, 1947. Cloth. A first edition on the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon art, from the library of painter Bernard Myers. This work explores the Industrial Revolution and its effect on art technique.Written by Marxist art historian Francis D. Klinge...

La Villa Medicea Di Poggio a Caiano

Silvestro Bardazzi; Eugenio Castellani · 1981 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.53 | $152.26 | ¥24,332)

Prato, Cassa di Risparmi e Depositi , 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated study of a Tuscan villa of the Medici family. In the original Italian.The first edition of this brightly illustrated work, consisting of two volumes in unclipped du...

Graven Image, an Autobiographical Textbook

John Farleigh · 1940 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€352.80 | $390.58 | ¥62,417)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1940. Hardback. A signed, very smart copy of this work on art and autobiography by noted illustrator John Farleigh. A fascinating autobiographical account of the well-known wood-engraver and illustrator John Farleigh.Farleigh is well known for his ill...

The Story of Picture Printing in England During the Nineteenth Century

C. T. Courtney Lewis · 1928 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.11 | $291.28 | ¥46,549)

London, Sampson, Low, Martson & Co, LTD, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely work on the art of printing in the 1800s, a presentation copy from the author's family. Inscribed to the recto to the front endpaper, presumably by the author's wife...

Thomas Chippendale: A Study of His Life, Work and Influence

Oliver Brackett · 1924 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.55 | $145.64 | ¥23,274)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first edition study of furniture maker Thomas Chippendale, illustrated throughout with examples of his work. The first edition of this study of the life, work and influence of British cabinet-maker Thomas Chippendale,...

Essay on the Construction of Cottages

George Smith · 1834 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€358.78 | $397.20 | ¥63,475)

Glasgow, Blackie & Son, 1834. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Smith's essay on constructing cottages. Illustrated, with an engraved title page and eleven folding plates.  The folding plates demonstrate many plans and elevations of single and combined co...

An Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, London

Edward L. Blackburn · 1834 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.03 | $317.76 | ¥50,780)

London, John Williams, 1834. Leather. A particularly scarce description of Crosby Hall, London, written by Edward L. Blackburn and illustrated with plates. Crosby Hall, originally Crosby Place is located in Bishopsgate, London, with the Great Hall built in 1466. Although only ...

Clyde River-Steamers of the Last Fifty Years

Andrew McQueen · 1923 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€328.88 | $364.10 | ¥58,186)

Glasgow and London, Gowans & Gray LTD, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A scarce signed limited edition work discussing the steamers of the River Clyde, Scotland, illustrated with photographs throughout. A scarce limited edition of this work, limited to fifty copies made on hand-ma...

Pierre-Paul Rubens Sa Vie Et Ses Oeuvres

Pierre-Paul Reubens · 1889 · Rooke Books

£1,350.00 (€1,614.52 | $1,787.39 | ¥285,639)

Paris, Librairie de L'Art , c1889. First edition. Leather. A very scarce work, reflecting on the life and works of the influential Flemish artist and diplomat, Sir Pierre-Paul Rubens. Rubens is noted for his contribution to the Flemish Baroque tradition. The first edition...

Le Vite de Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori Et Architetti

Giorgio Vasari · 1647 · Rooke Books

£6,500.00 (€7,773.59 | $8,605.94 | ¥1,375,301)

Bologna, Heredi di Euangelista Dozza, 1647. Leather. An early edition of Giorgio Vasari's influential and important Renaissance work on Italian painters, being a collection of biographies, illustrated with detailed in-text engravings. In the original Italian. In the origi...