Pittura e disegno

The Gallery of British Artists Consisting of a Series of Engravings of Their Most Admired Works, with Illustrative Descriptions

Anonymous · 1836 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1836. Cloth. A delightful collection of engravings by British artists from the early nineteenth century. A very scarce early edition. Dated from the Harvard Library. Two volumes bound in one. In full decorative cloth binding with gilt detail. Bo...

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece Volumes I, II and III Renaissance in Italy Italian Literature Parts I and II Renaissance in Italy the Catholic Reaction Parts I and II Renaissance in Italy Revival of Learning Renaissance in Italy the Age of the Despots Renaissance in Italy the Fine Arts

John Addington Symonds · 1898 · Rooke Books

£960.00 (€1,150.88 | $1,268.51 | ¥202,588)

London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1898-1905. Leather. Symonds' seven-volume Renaissance in Italy and three-volume Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, in a handsome half calf binding. In half calf bindings. Bookplate to the front paste down of each volume, showing that th...

The Beggar&Apos;S Opera

John Gay · 1921 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.81 | $211.42 | ¥33,765)

London, William Heinemann, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. Illustrated with eight tipped in costume plates, this is a bright copy of Claud Lovat Fraser's illustrated edition of Gay's 'Beggar's Opera&apos. A Limited Edition work, this is number two-hundred and ...

Der Original-Holzschnitt Eie Einfuhrung in Sein Wesen Und Seine Technik

Max Bucherer; Fritz Ehlotzky · 1922 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Munchen , Ernst Reinhardt, 1922. Cloth. A wonderful volume detailing the history and technique of the woodcut, with illustrations throughout. In the original German this book explore the original woodcut, giving an introduction to the nature and techniques of woodcutting. The ...

The Moscow Kremlin in Watercolour, Watercolours and Lithographs of the Xixth Century

Irina Alexandrovna Rodimtseva; Irina Andreievna Bogatskaia; Emmanuel Ducamp (ed) · 1994 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

Paris, Alain de Gourcuff Editeur, 1994 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this lovely art book bringing together watercolours and lithographs from the State Museum of the Kremlin in Moscow. First edition, first printing of The Moscow Kremlin in Watercolour, Waterc...

The Ideals of the East

Okakura-Kakuzo; Hiroshi Muraoka · 1942 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

Tokyo, Kenkyusha, 1942 . Cloth. An early very scarce edition of this art and art history book of Asia in the original dust wrapper. Early edition of The Ideals of the East by Okakura-Kakuzo in the original publisher's binding and clipped dust wrapper.A very scarce edition...

Studio D&Apos;Arts Decoratifs 4e Serie Motifs Inedits Pour Toutes Industries D&Apos;Art

Hennequin-Reveur · 1928 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.60 | $1,585.63 | ¥253,235)

Paris, Armand Guerinet, 1928. Cloth. A scarce French volume of fabric patterns by Hennequin-Reveur, a colourful portfolio showing many striking designs. A scarce work.In the original French.Illustrated with twelve plates, ten of which are in colour.Collated, complete.A beautif...

Lob Eines Tugensamen Weibes. Sprãƒâ¼Che Salomonis XXXI, 1. 10 - 31.

Sophie Linder · 1877 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Gotha, Friedrich Andreas Perthes , 1877. Cloth. A beautiful collection of engravings by Sophie Linder, illustrating the biblical poem 'In Praise of a Virtuous Woman&apos. The fourth edition. In a full cloth decorative binding with gilt detail, by W. Schäffel. Twenty beau...

Verdi IM Bilde

Carlo Gatti · 1941 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Milan, Garzanti, 1941. Paperback. A wonderful collection of illustrations and photographs that depict the life and work of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, in German. This is a limited edition copy of this work on the life of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi as expressed th...

The Era of the Photograph a Social History

Michel F. Braive · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London , Thames and Hudson , 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and comprehensive social history of photography that is richly illustrated throughout. A first English edition of this work, translated from the original French edition that was published in 1965. This volume...

The Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Allen Staley

Allen Staley · 2001 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2001. Cloth. A stunning volume that celebrates that intricacy and beauty of landscape in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, richly illustrated in colour. The first edition of this book, published in 1973, ignited a revival of interest in the brilliant ...

The Songs of Charles Dibdin

Charles Dibdin; George Hogarth · 1847 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

London, G.H. Davidson, 1847-8. Leather. A comprehensive collection of the popular songs by Charles Dibdin, published posthumously, an early edition of this work complete in two volumes. A collection of the songs and poems of Charles Dibdin, the noted British composer and music...

Decorative Ornament

Owen Jones · 2006 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

New York, Tess Press, 2006. Hardback. A beautiful collection of decorative and ornamental design from around the world. The new folio edition. With the original text from Owen Jones' design classic, 'The Grammar of Ornament&apos. In a brightly illustrated hardcover b...

House and Cottage Construction

Harry Bryant Newbold; Guy Cadogan Rothery; Paul Willoughby; Various · 1923 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Caxon Publishing Company, Limited. 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of the first edition, first printing of this book of houses and construction with colour plates. The first edition of House and Cottage Constructions by Harry Bryant Newbold in the original p...

Walks Through the Studj of the Sculptors at Rome with a Brief Historical and Critical Sketch of Sculpture. Volume II

Count Hawks Le Grace · 1841 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.80 | $224.63 | ¥35,875)

Rome, Crispino Puccineili , 1841 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this interesting historical and contemporary study of sculptors in Rome from the mid nineteenth century. First edition of Volume II, in vellum binding, of this study of sculpture in Rome from 1841 b...

The Buildings of England

Nikolaus Pevsner · 1979 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Penguin Books, 1979-1988. Leather. A smart four volume set of the series The Buildings of England, with illustrations throughout. Four volumes from The Buildings of England series. The first volumes of this series came out in 1951 and the founding editor of the series...

The Discourses of Joshua Reynolds to Which Are Added His Letters to &Apos;the Idler&Apos;

Joshua Reynolds; Austin Dobson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Henry Frowde , [1907]. Cloth. World's Classics edition of the discourses on art by Joshua Reynolds, with an introduction by Austin Dobson. A series of lectures delivered by Sir Joshua Reynolds at the Royal Academy between 1769 and 1790, best remembered for their s...

In Sundry Places

C W R Winter · 1999 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

[Whitewell], Forget Me Not Books, [1999]. First edition. Cloth. Lovely copy of this scarce first edition study of Tregeare and Tregeare House by C. W. R. Winter. First edition of this work. A study of Tregeare in North Cornwall, consisting of a small village green and a farm h...

Three Men on a Raft, the Noble Art of Murder, and the Gunpowder Plot

1950 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, C. Arthur Pearson, c1958. Paperback. Three very scarce 1950s comic strips based on the television shows 'The New Adventures of Charlie Chan' and 'The Buccaneers&apos. Three 1950s comic strip picture stories based on hit television programmes, The New Adv...

Victorian Notebook Including Christmas Cards and Drawings

1881 · Rooke Books

£890.00 (€1,066.96 | $1,176.01 | ¥187,816)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1881. Leather. A unique half morocco-bound Victorian scrapbook, with many hand drawn cards and pages featuring Christmas cards and illustrations, with some blank pages to the rear. A Victorian scrapbook and notebook, with many pages featuring Christmas...