Pittura e disegno

Harding&Apos;S Portfolio

James Duffield Harding · 1837 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, Charles Tilt, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of this portfolio by British artist James Duffield Harding in leather binding. First edition of Harding's Portfolio in half calf binding and cloth boards. A lovely scarce collection of tinted l...

The Waveryley Gallery of the Principle Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Romances: From Original Paintings by Eminent Artists Engraved Under the Superintendence of Charles Heath.

None · 1841 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1841. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this collection of artworks based on the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances. First edition. Illustrated with thirty-six plates of engravings from original paintings fr...

The Studio an Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art Volume Seventeen

Various · 1899 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

London , The Studio , 1899. Cloth. A lovely bright copy of volume seventeen of The Studio, with colour plates. A lovely copy of The Studio An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art Volume Seventeen. The Studio was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine pu...

The Art of Raymond Lister

Simon Lissim · 1958 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

Cambridge, John P. Gray and Son Ltd. 1958. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition of this beautiful collection of art work. Signed by the artist. First edition. Limited to 150 copies, all signed by the artist. This is copy number 96. Illustrated with a hand coloured fro...

The Life and Work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Helen M. M. Rossetti · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Art Journal Office, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The Art Journal's very scarce 1902 Easter Annual, focusing on the life and work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with beautiful plates. An annual in the publisher's original cloth binding. All edges gilt. Illustra...

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Historical Collection of Water-Colour Paintings in the South Kensington Museum

Samuel Redgrave · 1877 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1877. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition catalogue describing the watercolour paintings of the South Kensington Museum, with numerous illustrations throughout. The first edition. In the publisher's original quarter crushed morocco bin...

Landscape Illustrations of the Waverley Novels with Descriptions of the Views Vol. ! Waverly to Legend of Montrose

1832 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London , Charles Tilt , 1832. Leather. A smart volume of landscape illustrations to illustrate the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott. This is the first volume of illustrations of Walter Scott's Waverley Novels, illustrating from Waverley to Legend of Montrose. The Wave...

Walter Crane Hazelford Sketch Book 1862-1869

Walter Crane Hazelford · 1937 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Massachusetts, The John Barnard Associates, 937. First edition. Hardback. A very neat limited first edition of this collection of sketches by Walter Crane Hazelford. First edition. Limited edition. One of seven-hundred copies printed at the Harvard University Press, December 1...

Old Provence

Theodore Andrea Cook · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons , 1905. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this first edition work regarding the architecture of Southern France. The first edition. Complete in two volumes. Handsomely bound in the publisher's full cloth binding with gi...

Eighteenth Century Colour Prints: An Essay on Certain Stipple Engravers and Their Work in Colour

Julia Frankau · 1900 · Rooke Books

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

London, Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1900. Cloth. A scarce limited edition of this beautifully illustrated and important work, compiled and edited by Julia Frankau. This edition is limited to 200 copies. Complete with 52 coloured plates with accompanying tissue guard. Colla...

Luca & Andrea Della Robbia and Their Successors

Maud Cruttwell · 1902 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, J.M. Dent, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this brightly illustrated work on the Renaissance Italian artists and sculptures, in particular Luca Della Robbia and Andrea Della Robbia. A beautifully illustrated work on the history and artistic techniques ...

Three Works from Bell&Apos;S Cathedral Series

Gleeson White, Edward F. Strange (eds.); Percy Dearmer; A. B. Clifton; H. J. L. J. Masse · 1900 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1900-1909 . Cloth. A collection of works from this architectural series on British Cathedrals with illustrations. Early editions of three works from Bell's Cathedral Series in the original publisher's cloth bindings. Edited by Gleeson Whi...

Adam Bede

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] · 1859 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London & Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, Limited , c1914 . Cloth. A lovely illustrated edition of Mary Ann Evans's debut novel first published in 1859 with colour plates by George Browne. Illustrated edition of Adam Bede by Mary Ann Evans in the original publisher's clo...

Linweave Limited Editions

The Linweave Association · 1931 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Springfield, The Linweave Association, 1931-1934 . First edition. Cloth. The 1931 and 1934 editions of the Linweave Association's publications of samples of works printed on their paper, illustrated throughout. Two first edition volumes of the Linweave Limited Editions, w...

Henry Alken

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1927 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Williams and Norgate, LTD, 1927. Cloth. A lavishly illustrated limited edition study on the sporting paintings of Henry Alken, a signed work complete with plates in colour and monochrome. The first limited edition, limited to 250 copies, this copy numbered 182. Signed...

The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred Engravings from Drawings on Wood

Frederick Leighton; John Everett Millais; George du Maurier; W. M. Thackeray; et al. · 1865 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1865. Cloth. An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Un...

Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists

Rupert Mason; George Sheringham; R. Boyd Morrison · 1928 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.47 | $594.61 | ¥94,963)

London, Ernest Benn, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this richly illustrated study of theatre costume, in the scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Illustrated throughout, with a frontispi...

Albert Moore: His Life and Works

Alfred Lys Baldry · 1893 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London, George Bell & Sons, 1893 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this smart volume examining the life and work of Albert Joseph Moore, illustrated throughout with examples of his work. The first edition of art critic and painter Alfred Lys Baldry's account of...

A History of the English House from Primitive Times to the Victorian Period

Nathaniel Lloyd · 1949 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.89 | $118.92 | ¥18,993)

London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart copy of this work on the history of English houses, richly illustrated with photographs and plans. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down. 888 photographs and architectu...

Decorative Artists E. Burne-Jones William Morris Walter Crane

The Art Journal · 1900 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

London , The Art Journal Office, 1900. Cloth. A smart volume that celebrates the decorative art of three artists, with colour plates. This scarce volume contains three essays, The Decorative Art of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart, William Morris and His Art and The Work of Walter...