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Salomon Neugebauer · 1619 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,492.24 | $4,953.77 | ¥791,162)

Francofurti, Lucam Jennis, 1619. Vellum. A Latin heraldic work on the insignia of European rulers, a notable copy from the library of William Beckford, the important English novelist. In the original Latin.From the library of William Beckford. In pencil above the bookplate &ap...

Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer

George C. Williamson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.50 | $317.04 | ¥50,634)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A large, limited edition of this remarkable illustrated biography of miniature artists Nathaniel and Andrew Plimer, by George C. Williamson. The first edition, limited to three hundred and fifty-two copies printed for s...

Saunders&Apos; Portrait and Memoirs of Eminent Living Political Reformers

1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

London, J. Dowding, 1840. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this wonderful portrait collection of George Hayter's works, all showing prominent political reformers of the day. The first edition of this work.A selection of the beautiful portrait paintings by Geor...

London - World City 1800-1840

Celina Fox [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.48 | $76.62 | ¥12,237)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright, illustrated account of London as an Imperial power in the first half of the nineteenth century. A profusely illustrated first edition, with colour plates. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edited by Ce...

Ford Madox Brown, a Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.39 | $389.70 | ¥62,238)

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1896. Cloth. A wonderful biography of the life of this important British painter, illustrated with reproductions and in the publisher's charming pictorial binding. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, rem...

The Art Annual

Various · 1888 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London, Art Journal Office, 1888-90. Leather. A collection of four illustrated biographies on Meissonier, Hook, Bonheur, and Birket Foster, illustrated with examples of their art throughout. Bound without title pages. Title and publishing information taken from Jisc from a cop...

The Bijou; or, Annual of Literature and the Arts

Various · 1829 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.82 | $112.29 | ¥17,933)

London, William Pickering, 1829. Leather. An illustrated early nineteenth century annual for literature and the art, illustrated with detailed engravings. A charming early nineteenth century annual on literature and the arts. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title pag...

The Wood Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton

Penelope Hughes-Stanton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.22 | $495.38 | ¥79,116)

Pinner, Private Libraries Association , 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this biography of the influential wood-engraving Blair Hughes-Stanton. An association copy, with fascinating provenance. This is the first edition, of a print run of 1750 copies of w...

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) an Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London Volume II. West London. Excluding Westminster Abbey

Anonymous · 1925 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.72 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating exploration of the rich and diverse architecture found in the west of London; volume II of a set of five works surveying the art, buildings and monuments througho...

Country Residences in Europe and America

Louis Valcoulon le Moyne · 1908 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.66 | $217.97 | ¥34,811)

New York, Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Louis Valcoulon le Moyne's interesting work looking at prominent country residences across the world, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. This work discussed some of...

Beyond Decoration the Illustrations of John Everett Millais

Paul Goldman · 2005 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, The British Library, 2005. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Paul Goldman's look at the work and life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais, illustrated throughout, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. He...

Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

1866 · Rooke Books

£675.00 (€808.60 | $891.68 | ¥142,409)

London, Society of Antiquaries of London; Nichols and Sons, 1866-73. Cloth. Volumes forty to forty-four of the Society of Antiquaries of London's 'Archaeologia', profusely illustrated throughout with numerous folding plates and colour plates. In eleven volumes. ...

Catalogue of the Plate of Magdalen College Oxford

E. Alfred Jones · 1940 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.72 | $178.34 | ¥28,482)

Oxford; London, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. A commercially scarce first edition of this illustrated catalogue of Magdalen College's tableware, together with the especially scarce dust wrapper. First edition. Scarce in commerce. ...

Picturesque Old Houses

Allan Fea · 1902 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, S. H. Bousfield & Co. Ld. [1902]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition illustrated title on the historic domestic architecture of Britain. A first edition of this richly illustrated architectural work by British historian Allan Fea. Very faint library embossed stamp t...

Windmills

Frank Brangwyn; Hayter Preston · 1923 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

London; New York, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A richly colour illustrated first edition in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, in original yellow pictorial boards, with the original unclipped dust wra...

Fiat Mod. 519

1922 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.62 | $244.39 | ¥39,031)

Not Stated , Not Stated , c1925. Paperback. A rare, charming French celebratory folio on the Fiat 519, with tipped-in plates. Published a quarter of a century following the first Fiat automobile, this work explores the history, design and production of the Fiat 519, a model pr...

Great Houses of England & Wales

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd; Christopher Simon Sykes · 1994 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Laurence King , 1994. Cloth. A smart two volume set of first edition illustrated architectural accounts of the houses of Britain. A two volume set.In publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.A set of beautifully illustrated work...

Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits [Complete 6 Volume Set] and Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists

Freeman O'Donoghue and Laruence Binyon · 1907 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

London , Printed by Order of the Trustees, Sold at the British Museum, 1907-1908. Cloth. An extensive catalogue of British art, the painters and engravers who created them and the subject matter. Includes mention of Cruikshank, Sir William Gell and Frederick Augustus. Engraved...

Bryan&Apos;S Dictionary of Painters and Engravers in Five Volumes

George C. Williamson · 1909 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.67 | $211.36 | ¥33,756)

London , George Bell and Sons, 1909-1910. Cloth. A set of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Complete in five volumes. New edition revised and enlarged under the supervision of George C. Williamson. With numerous illustrations. Each volume contains an engraved ...

Publications of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society

C Brett et al · 1969 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

London , Ulster Architectural Society, 1969-1977. Cloth. A nine volume set of works on historic buildings published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. Surveys of various areas including lists of Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, and Buildings of Architectural...