Pittura e disegno

Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views, in, or Near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with Copious Descriptions, and a Brief Sketch of the Poet&Apos;S Life

1804 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.62 | $429.44 | ¥68,585)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1804. Leather. A lovely copy of this work on Cowper, illustrated with very attractive plates throughout. A superior copy. An interesting work that showcase the park of Weston-Underwood in Buckinghamshire, where William Cowper spent the last years of h...

Les Sources Du Vigtieme Siecle

Jean Cassou · 1961 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Paris, Editions des Deux Mondes, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this French work on the art of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout, with many colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An art history work, looking into the ...

Marcel Duchamp, or, the Castle of Purity

Octavio Paz · 1970 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.95 | $1,189.23 | ¥189,927)

London, Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this critical work looking into the art of Marcel Duchamp, signed by the author. From the library of the publisher Tom Maschler. The first English edition of this work. In the original unclipp...

Funerary Paintings

Francesco Clemente · 1988 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Dia Art Foundation, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine, dedicated copy of Francesco Clemente's 'Funerary Paintings&apos. This book accompanied the exhibition of his paintings that ran from October 7 1988 to June 18 1989. Signed by the author to the title page...

Collection de Douze Vues de Waterloo

Gerard · 1836 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Bruxelles, Gerard Lithographe-Editeur, c1835. Paperback. Two collections of Gerard's lithographs of Waterloo. With a folding plan of the battle to the rear of both volumes. Uncommon in such a bright condition. In the publisher's original wraps. Gerard's lithogra...

Pulpits of Belgium

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1890. Leather. A scarce collection of plates on various pulpits in Belgium illustrated with fifteen plates. An interesting collection of plates looking at the pulpits of Belgium. Illustrated with fifteen plates. Additional plate tipped on to the rear p...

Lady Charlotte&Apos;S Schreiber&Apos;S Journals Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics & Antiques Throughout Britain France Holland Belgium Spain Portugal Turkey Austria & Germany from the Year 1869 to 1885

Lady Charlotte Schreiber; Montague J. Guest; Egan Mew · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, John Lane, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charlotte Schreiber's travel journals documenting her time travelling through Europe collecting ceramics and antiques, illustrated, with some colour plates. The first edition of this work. Complete in two...

Jerusalem

None · 1964 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful collection of plates to commemorate the sixtieth birthday of the Polish artist David Zak, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work. In the original quarter cloth po...

Texte Explicatif Et Planches Supplementaires Des Specimens de L&Apos;Art Ornemental de Louis Gruner Choisis Parmi Les Meilleurs Modeles Des Epoques Classiques

Louis Gruner; [Ludwig Gruner] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.73 | $303.91 | ¥48,537)

Paris, A. Franck, 1850. Leather. A scarce edition in French of this supplemental work for Ludwig Gruner's 'Specimens of Ornamental Art', illustrated with eight plates, illustrated by Emil Braun. A scarce work. In French, translated from the original English. Ill...

Things New and Old

None · 1923 · Rooke Books

£525.00 (€629.39 | $693.71 | ¥110,791)

London, William Heinemann, 1923. Cloth. A signed limited edition collection of fifty plates by the caricaturist Max Beerbohm, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. A limited edition work, limited to three hundred and eighty copies, of which this is numbered two hundred and tw...

The Society of Artists of Great Britain 1760-1791, the Society of Free Artists 1761-1783, a Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from the Foundation of the Societies to 1791

Algernon Graves · 1907 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1907. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this reference work looking at the Society of Artists in Great Britain during the eighteenth century. With an illustrated frontispiece. No library markings a rare private copy of this work. The or...

Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists

Malcolm C Salaman; Geoffrey Holme · 1919 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

London, The Studio, 1919. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive look at French and English woodcut artists at the start of the twentieth century. The first edition of this work. With half-title, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated, with twelve coloured ...

The Studio

Charles Holme; Various · 1910 · Rooke Books

£2,000.00 (€2,397.66 | $2,642.72 | ¥422,059)

London, The Studio, LTD, 1910-12. Leather. A fifteen volume set of the artistic volumes published by periodical 'The Studio', all volumes edited by Charles Holme. Illustrated profusely with many colour and monochrome plates. In a signed binding by Henderson & Bisset....

The Officia Bodoni an Account of the Work of a Hand Press 1923-1977

Giovanni Mardersteig; Hans Schmoller · 1980 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

Verona, Edizioni Valdonega , 1980. First edition. Cloth. An informative study on the famous hand press, the Officina Bodoni press. Also forming a biography of its founder Giovanni Mardersteig. First edition, with original slipcase. One of 1,500 copies printed, according to the...

Prologue Dans le Ciel Traduction de Gerard de Nerval

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1932 · Rooke Books

£5,250.00 (€6,293.87 | $6,937.15 | ¥1,107,905)

Paris, Philippe Gonin, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable and exceptionally scarce handwritten and hand painted work by publisher and artist Philippe Gonin, offering a beautifully bright and detailed excerpt from Faust by Goethe. Very scarce. Collated complete with eleve...

Ambiance Marocaine Moroccan Moods

G Carriat-Rolant; Bernard Guillerez · 1958 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Casablanca, Albert Monnet Arts Editions, 1958. First edition. Paperback. The first English edition of this very scarce, beautifully produced collection of plates by Carriat Rolant. Limited edition, one of 500 copies of this English Language edition. Prior to this there was a 7...

Scarfe on Stage

Gerald Scarfe · 1992 · Rooke Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1992. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of celebrated illustrator and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe's 'Scarfe On Stage&apos. This first edition of 'Scarfe On Stage' collects the stage and costume designs of Gerald Scarfe which sho...

Alphabetum Tangutanum Sive Tibetanum

Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide · 1773 · Rooke Books

£1,600.00 (€1,918.13 | $2,114.18 | ¥337,647)

Romae, Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, 1773. Leather. A very scarce example of the Tibetan Alphabetum issued by the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide. The Alphabetum series was one of the first to print the script of different languages. Written in Latin, and Tibetan....

Prout&Apos;S Microcosm. The Artist&Apos;S Sketch-Book of Groups of Figures, Shipping, and Other Picturesque Objects.

Samuel Prout · 1841 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this charming collection of illustrations by one of the masters of British watercolour architectural painting, Samuel Prout. An important and influential English artist, Samuel Prout was employe...

Warwickshire

Clive Holland · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Charles Black, 1906. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated work reflecting on Warwickshire. Painted by Frederick Whitehead, the English landscape artist and illustrator. Rebound, in a charming half morocco binding. Price bookplate to the front p...