Pittura e disegno

The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists Up to 1920 Volume I- the Text Volume II- the Plates

H. L. Mallalieu · 1979 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club , 1979-1988. Cloth. A pleasing copy of this fascinating dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, containing an alphabetical list of some six to seven thousand artists, with an accompanying volume illustrating the work of ove...

A Collection of Plates from Various Works

1829 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

None, None, 1829-62. Cloth. A photo album scrap book compiling plates from numerous varying works, showing portraits and landscapes. A photo album scrap book containing plates of many works. Containing plates from 'Italy' by Samuel Rogers, showing the Lake of Geneva,...

The Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art

1902 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London, London Offices of the Studio, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the twenty-fourth volume of 'The Studio' magazine, illustrated profusely throughout with colour plates, a folding plate, and numerous monochrome plates. The first edition of this w...

The Later Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen

Michael Levey · 1964 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, The Phaidon Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the second part of the extensive catalogue of the works in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen; focusing on the Italian pictures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This work provides a fascin...

Correggio&Apos;S Drawings

Arthur E. Popham · 1957 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Arthur E. Popham's fascinating study of the drawings of the renowned sixteenth century artist Antonio da Correggio. Arthur E. Popham was a renowned Bri...

Ralph Maynard Smith a Haunted Man Painter - Writer - Architect (1904-1964)

Simon Smith; Roger Cardinal; Gavin Stamp · 2004 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

[London], Wolseley Fine Arts Ltd and Ralph Maynard Smith Trust, 2004. Cloth. A scarce and fascinating study of the professional and personal life, and works, of the British artist Ralph Maynard Smith. Ralph Maynard Smith was a twentieth century British artist who produced dist...

The Story of British Sporting Prints

Frank Siltzer · 1979 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London, Peter Loveday Prints , 1979. Cloth. An attractive copy of this fascinating and unique catalogue of British prints relating to hunting, shooting, racing and coaching; compiled and written by by Frank Siltzer. Within this work Seltzer explores an impressive array of arti...

Little Books on Art Corot

Ethel Birnstingl; Alice Pollard · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Methuen and Co. 1904. First edition. Leather. A fascinating study of the life and works of the renowned French landscape and portrait painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot by Ethel Birnstingl and Alice Pollard. Corot was pivotal figure in landscape painting, best known f...

Sport in Art an Iconography of Sport

William A. Baillie-Grohman · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, [1919]. Cloth. An uncommon second edition copy of William Adolf Baillie Grohman's fascinating study of sport in art, specifically focusing on Europe and America from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Grohman was an ...

Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings Prepared Under the Supervision of the Distinguished Lecturer and Traveller John L. Stoddard Containing a Rare and Elaborate Collection of Photographic Views of the Entire World of Nature and Art Presenting and Describing the Choicest Treasures of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North, and South America the Old World and the New

John L. Stoddard · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Chicago, The Werner Company, c1894. Leather. A profusely illustrated work documenting a series of noted works from around the world. A delightful work being a large collection of photographs. Undated, dating using Copac. Featuring images of famous scenes and cities from across...

The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 - 1940 an Antique Collectors&Apos; Club Research Project Listing 41,000 Artists

J. Johnson; A. Greutzner · 1976 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A reference work compiling information on British artists from the years 1880 to 1940, held in the original unclipped pictorial dustwrapper. The first edition of this work, in the original unclipped pictorial ...

English Water- Colour with Reproductions of Drawings by Eminent Painters

Charles Holme; Frederick Wedmore · 1902 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Offices of "The Studio" , 1902. First edition. Paperback. A first edition copy of this collection of beautiful watercolours by 'eminent artists', complete in eight parts. Including contributions from Prout, David Cox, Swan, Herbert Marshall, Turner and many o...

Internationales Handbuch Aller Maler Und Bildhauer Des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Joachim Busse · 1977 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

Wiesbaden, Busse, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this fascinating international directory of painters and sculptors of the nineteenth century, containing the names, dates, and artistic fields of eighty-nine thousand artists active in the period. Thi...

Early English Watercolours and Some Cognate Drawings by Artists Born Not Later Than 1785

Iolo A. Williams · 1970 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Bath, Kingsmead Reprints, 1970. Cloth. A exemplary look into the early history of English Watercolour painting, by Iolo A. Williams. Profusely illustrated to the rear of the volume. A 1970's reprint copy of this work by Iolo A. Williams original published in 1952. William...

Dictionary of Sea Painters

E. H. H. Archibald · 1980 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.16 | $47.57 | ¥7,597)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors Club Ltd. 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated dictionary on notable sea painters, complete with the original unclipped dustwrapper. This text was written by the curator of Oil Paintings at the National Mari...

The Art of Town Planning

Henry Vaughan Lanchester · 1925 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

London, Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1925. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating study of town planning by the British architect Henry Vaughan Lanchester. Henry Vaughan Lanchester was the son of the notable English architect and surveyor Henry Jones Lancheste...

Stained Glass in Somerset 1250 - 1830

Christopher Woodforde · 1946 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.71 | $104.39 | ¥16,671)

London, Oxford University Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating and copiously illustrated history and study of stained glass, by the Anglican priest and noted twentieth century author, Christopher Woodforde. Containing a comprehensive detailing of English and foreig...

Old Ballads Historical and Narrative with Some of Modern Date, Collected from Rare Copies and Mss. Volume I- II Volume III-IV

Thomas Evans; R. H. Evans (revisor) · 1810 · Rooke Books

£345.00 (€413.60 | $455.87 | ¥72,805)

London, Printed for R. H. Evans, 1810. Leather. A complete four volume set of Thomas Evans's collection of 'Old Ballads', bound in two volumes. A New Edition copy, revised and enlarged by the author's son, Robert Harding Evans, a notable English bookseller ...

John N. Rhodes, a Yorkshire Painter, 1809-1842

William H Thorp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

Leeds; London, Richard Jackson; Bemrose & Sons, 1904. Cloth. A attractive and profusely illustrated volume exploring the work of the Yorkshire painter John N. Rhodes. Limited edition number 225 of 400. An interesting work of art history from the North of England. The volume ex...

Treasure Trove in Art

Arthur Kay; Henry M Hake · 1939 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

Edinburgh; London, Oliver and Boyd, 1939. Cloth. A uncommon and handsomely illustrated work by Arthur Kay, showcasing his lifelong passion for the arts. With a introduction by Henry M. Hake, the former Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London. With two appreciations...