Pittura e disegno

Biographical Catalogue of the Pictures at Woburn Abbey

Adeline Marie Tavistock and Ela M S Russell · 1890 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.48 | $515.24 | ¥82,278)

London , Elliot Stock, 1890-1892. Cloth. A two volume set of this catalogue of pictures at Woburn Abbey. Scarce with both volumes. Signed by Ela M Russel and given as a Christmas gift. With 50 plates. A comprehensive description of paintings held at Woburn abbey, arranged by r...

A Survey of British Industrial Arts

Henry G. Dowling · 1935 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

Benfleet , F. Lewis, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A study of the artwork of carpets, metalwork, pottery, interior decoration, and much more. First edition. With a frontispiece and one hundred photographic plates to the rear. In a red cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just ...

Glass in the Old World

[Madeline Anne Wallace-Dunlop · 1883 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

London , Field and Tuer, 1883. Cloth. A guide to the use of glass as decoration during classical civilisation, covering the use of glass by the Greeks, the Romans, the Japanese, and many other cultures. With six plates, two of which are beautifully coloured. People have been u...

The George Alexander Birthday Book

George Alexander · 1903 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.68 | ¥16,875)

Vigo Street, London and New York, John Lane, 1903. Cloth. A delightfully charming birthday book, including quotes from a variety of plays featured on the day they were first performed. The book was produced as a souvenir of the 200th performance of "If I Were King", at the St ...

The Elegant Woman from the Rococo Period to Modern Times

Gertrude Aretz · 1932 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 1932. Cloth. A study of portrayals of elegant women in art throughout history. Illustrated throughout with many plates, including a coloured frontispiece. Translated by James Laver. Including chapters on Marie-Antoinette, Actresses and Cou...

Dyeing and Cleaning: A Practical Handbook

Frank Farell · 1908 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Charles Griffin, 1908. Cloth. An informative work on the process of dyeing and cleaning. Includes chapters on the technology of textile fibres, dry cleaning and finishing. Includes 78 illustrations. Written by the assistant Lecturer in Dyeing, Royal Technical Institute...

Some Account of the Life and Works of Hans Holbein, Painter of Augsburg

Ralph Nicholson Wornum · 1867 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1867. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this nineteenth-century work on Holbein by the famous art historian Wornum. First Edition. Featuring an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contains numerous illustrated plates. With a bookseller's labe...

Jean Clouet

Peter Mellen · 1971 · Rooke Books

£74.99 (€89.89 | $99.07 | ¥15,821)

Paris, Flammarion, 1971. Cloth. A lavishly-illustrated First Edition of this French translation of Mellen's monograph of Clouet. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. Translated from the English by Anne Roullet. With numerous full-page illustration...

Carnaval Perpetuel a Collection of Works by Heather Cooper

Heather Cooper · 1987 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

Toronto , Le Carnaval Perpetuel, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated work on the Canadian artist Heather Cooper. The first edition of this work. Heather Cooper is a Canadian Artist noted for both her commerical art and her package design. The inspiration for this collec...

Thomas Chimes Adventures in Paraphysics

Michael Taylor · 2007 · Rooke Books

£35.99 (€43.14 | $47.55 | ¥7,593)

Philadelphia , Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007. First edition. Cloth. An as new copy of this study of the work of Thomas Chimes First Edition Still in original wrapper, with dust wrapper Thomas Chimes (b. 1921) is one of Philadelphia"s most important living artists. Tracing t...

China: A History in Art

Bradley Smith; Wan-go Wen · 1979 · Rooke Books

£31.99 (€38.35 | $42.26 | ¥6,749)

London, Gemini Smith Inc, 1979. Cloth. A fully illustrated look at the history of Chinese art. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The extraordinary pageant of Chinese art and history from the Neolithic age to the present told in text and pictures with 305 plates in full co...

Catalogue of the Pictures in the Collection of the Earl of Radnor

Helen Matilda · 1909 · Rooke Books

£935.99 (€1,121.93 | $1,236.57 | ¥197,465)

London, Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition catalogue of the Earl of Radnor's extensive collection of Old Master paintings. First edition. Collated complete. Limited edition, number 150 of 200. Printed on handmade paper. ...

Art of Mann - a Presentation of Selected Works of Manx Art from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

Various · 1996 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Isle of Man, Moods of Mann Limited, 1996. First edition. Paperback. A first edition of 'The Art of Mann', a wonderful collection of Manx artists' work spanning the last two-hundred years. Manx artists featured include Edward Christian Quayle (1871-1946), James A...

Hans Hofmann

Sam Hunter; Hans Hofmann · 1963 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1963. Cloth. A collection of the artwork of influential American artist Hans Hofmann. With an introduction by Sam Hunter and five essays by Hans Hofmann. Second edition. With 168 illustrations, 51 in full colour. "This handsome volume presents the ra...

Royo

Royo · 1997 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.19 | ¥71,729)

Valencia , Editorial La Mascara, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A truly stunning signed example of Royo's exquisite paintings, graphic works and golden collection. First edition, signed neatly to the title page by Royo. With a biographical introduction, entitled; "Royo: Worl...

The Art of Painting in the Queen&Apos;S Reign Being a Glance at Some of the Painters and Paintings of the British School During the Last Sixty Years

A. G. Temple · 1897 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Chapman and Hall Limited, 1897. Cloth. A study of the progression of art in the British school during the Victorian era. With reproductions in collotype of seventy-seven paintings. Including chapters on Sir Edward Poynter, Frederick Walker, Ford Madox Brown, and many o...

Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880 to 1940

George Heard Hamilton · 1967 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Middlesex, Penguin Books, Ltd. 1967. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first edition copy of George Heard Hamilton's fascinating study of, and authoritative guide to painting and sculpture in Europe; from the end of the nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century. Geor...

The Amateur Pottery and Glass Painter, with Directions for Gilding, Chasing, Burnishing, Bronzing and Groundlaying

E. Campbell Hancock · 0 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Chapman and Hall, c1880. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated second edition copy of Edward Campbell Hancock's fascinating reference work on pottery and glass painting. This work was intended for the art student, professional artist, teacher or any member of the gener...

Histoire de L&Apos;Art: L&Apos;Art Antique

Jacques Élie Faure · 1939 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

Paris , Plon, 1939. Leather. A history of ancient art, covering Egyptian, Greek and Roman architecture, statues, paintings, freizes and pottery. With numerous black-and-white photographs, plates and illustrations throughout. Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-...

Deutsches Chorgestuhl in Sechs Jahrhunderten

R. Busch · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Hildesheim and Leipzig, August Lax, 1928. Cloth. A scarce and extensively illustrated First Edition of Busch's work on choir pews. German choir pews over four centuries. With 76 black and white photographic plates. Collated complete. With examples of choir pews from the R...