Architettura

The Ancient Architecture of England, Part I and Part II

John Carter · 1845 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€592.98 | $653.90 | ¥104,433)

London, W. Bulmer and Co. 1845. Leather. A scarce copy of this work on the ancient architecture of England, including all engraved plates and bound in the gutta percha style. A fascinating and comprehensive work on the ancient architecture of England. A scarce work.Comprising ...

Zeppelin-Denkmal Fur Das Deustsch Volk

Hans Hildebrandt [ed.] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Stuttgart, Germania-Verlag, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition celebration of the zeppelin, published in German and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this German Language work.A celebration of the Zeppelin, published 'for the German people' on the...

American Scenery; or, Land, Lake and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.

Nathaniel Parker Willis · 1840 · Rooke Books

£1,450.00 (€1,737.00 | $1,915.46 | ¥305,916)

London, George Virtue, 1840. First edition. Leather. A two volume first edition collection of delightfully engraved plates from noteworthy artist William Henry Bartlett, accompanied by text. The first edition of this work, with engraved title page to each volume. With 67 plate...

Pictures Exhibited in the Royal Reception Rooms of the Art Galleries of the Glasgow International Exhibition 1901

Anonymous · 1902 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

Glasgow, Printed for Private Circulation by James Maclehouse and Sons, 1902. First edition. Hardback. A scarce first edition with 28 leaves of plates depicting paintings of the Old Masters. A scarce first edition printed for private circulation, with 28 leaves of plates. Colla...

Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work

A. Dubuisson · 1924 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.83 | $105.68 | ¥16,878)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated biography on the life and Romantic career of the landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonginton, a limited edition work. A first limited edition work, limited to one-thousand copies, of which thi...

Charlet Et Son Oeuvre

Armand Dayot · 1892 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.65 | $224.57 | ¥35,866)

Paris, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies, 1892. Leather. A French biography of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, an artistic work looking at his military paintings of the Napoleonic Wars. In the original French.A biographical sketch on the life and works of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet.Cha...

English Romanesque Architecture Before the Conquest

A. W. Clapham · 1930 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Alfred Clapham's detailed work on the Romanesque architecture of England built before the Norman Conquest. The first edition of this work.An immense study into the examples of Romanesque architectur...

Descrittione Di Diversi Ponti Esistenti Sopra LI Fiumi Nera, E Tevere Con Un Discorso Particolare Della Navitatione Da Perugia a Roma

Agostino Martinelli · 1676 · Rooke Books

£7,700.00 (€9,224.06 | $10,171.74 | ¥1,624,519)

Rome, Nicolo Angelo Tinassi, 1676. First edition. Vellum. A very scarce, first edition copy of Agostino Martinelli's beautifully illustrated architectural study of bridges. With a portrait frontispiece of Pope Innocent XI, and 21 engraved plates, including 16 folding, 2 s...

Ritratti Di Cento Capitani Illustri

Aliprando Caprioli · 1600 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,984.48 | $9,907.54 | ¥1,582,324)

Rome, Con licenza de Superiori, 1600. First edition. Leather. A very scarce and beautifully engraved selection of portraits depicting important Italian figures of the sixteenth century. Engraved by the notable Italian artist, Aliprando Caprioli. The first edition of this work,...

Histoire de L&Apos;Art Depuis Les Premiers Temps Chretiens Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours

Andre Michel · 1905 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.14 | $1,188.91 | ¥189,879)

Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1905-38. Leather. The complete eighteen volumes of Andre Michel's mammoth history of art, tracing art from the early Christian times, right up to the early twentieth century, illustrated throughout with dozens of plates. Eighteen volumes bou...

The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College, Oxford a Descriptive Catalogue with Summary Descriptions of the Greek and Oriental Manuscripts

M. B. Parkes · 1979 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Scolar Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating catalogue of the Western, Greek and Oriental medieval manuscripts of Keble College, Oxford. Many of the manuscripts listed in this catalogue were given to the college from the mon...

George Stubbs and Ben Marshall

Walter Shaw Sparrow; E. D. Cuming · 1929 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.73 | $171.73 | ¥27,427)

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Walter Shaw Sparrow's fascinating study of the life and works of the renowned English sporting and animal painters, George Stubbs and Ben Marshall. Walter Shaw Sparrow was a notable Wels...

Treatise on Architecture Including the Arts of Construction, Building, Stone-Masonry, Arch, Carpentry, Roof, Joiner, and Strength of Materials

Arthur Ashpitel · 1867 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.12 | $561.43 | ¥89,665)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1867. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work on architecture, edited by Arthur Ashpitel, illustrated throughout with plates and in-text illustrations. The first edition of this work. 'Treatise on Architecture' is a com...

City of Bradford Corporation Art Gallery Cartwright Memorial Hall Illustrated Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Pictures and Other Works of Art

Unamed · 1924 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

[Bradford], Published by the Authority of the Art Gallery Committee, 1924. Cloth. A scarce catalogue of the art featured in city of Bradford permanent collection, profusely illustrated with numerous plates. Undated, dated from the preface. Third edition, of this scarce work. N...

Old English Houses of Alms a Pictorial Record with Architectural and Historical Notes

Sidney Heath · 1910 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.80 | $125.50 | ¥20,043)

London, Francis Griffiths, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An interesting illustrated book looking at almshouses, charitable housing generally to help the poor. 'Old English Houses of Alms' offers an interesting historical insight into the life and running of almshouses ...

Working Drawings & Designs in Architecture and Building; with Essays on Various Subjects, Richly Illustrated with Woodcuts.

Edward S Eyland; Francis Lightbody; Robert Scott Burn · 1863 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€712.77 | $786.00 | ¥125,531)

Edinburgh; London, A Fullarton & Co. 1863-1868. Leather. A large volume of Architectural drawing and designs, profusely illustrated throughout with numerous plates. Featuring a series of essays by Edward S Eyland, Francis Lightbody, and Robert Scott Burn, who was also the Gene...

Scottish Castles of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Oliver Hill; Christopher Hussey [intro.] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Country Life Limited, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated account of the history and architecture of sixteenth and seventeenth century Scottish castles. The first edition.In publisher's original purple cloth binding. In the origin...

Electric Motors and Generators

Various · 1947 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

London, Odhams Press Limited, 1947. Leather. An attractive copy of this work on motoring, in a leather binding. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. A collection of short chapters on various aspects of electric motors and generators by various authors, including F Harrabin, J Nixon and E Emer...

Phoenix at Coventry the Building of a Cathedral

Basil Spence · 1962 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€658.86 | $726.55 | ¥116,037)

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1962. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this interesting architectural work. Held in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe morocco signed binding. This book is written about the re-building of Coventry Cathedral after its bombing during 1940. The first edit...

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Scultpure, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions in Two Volumes

Walter Scott · 1814 · Rooke Books

£460.00 (€551.05 | $607.66 | ¥97,049)

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814-17. Leather. A beautifully bound pair of volumes on The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. Together with illustrations of remarkable incidents in border history and tradition, and original po...