Pittura e disegno

The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter

A. H. Palmer · 1895 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.85 | $171.78 | ¥27,434)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1895 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biographical study of German artist Joseph Wolf, illustrated throughout with examples of Wolf's work. The first edition of Alfred Herbert Palmer's study of the life of German artist ...

Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin · 1910 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, George Allen & Sons, 1910. Vellum. A beautifully bound half vellum edition of Ruskin's lectures on education and correct moral behaviour. A delightful edition of this work, in a signed Riviere half vellum binding.First published in 1865, this collection of three l...

Marks on Gold & Silver Plate Imported Into the United Kingdom

William Redman · 1907 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Bradford, William Redman, 1907. Cloth. The author's presentation copy of this very scarce first edition essay on gold and silver plate imported to Britain, illustrated throughout. The very scarce first edition of this work.Author's presentation copy, with his handwri...

The English School of Painting

Ernest Chesneau; Lucy N. Etherington · 1885 · Rooke Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,753)

London, Cassell and Company , 1885. Cloth. A superior copy of this uncommon second edition exploring the history of English art by Ernest Chesneau. An uncommon second edition of this volume, carefully exploring the history of English art. By the French art historian Ernest Che...

Illustrations; Landscape, Historical, and Antiquarian, to the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart ; Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley with Portraits of the Principal Female Characters

Anonymous · 1832 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.58 | $475.69 | ¥75,971)

London, Charles Tilt, 1832-1834. Leather. Four illustrated volumes of engraved plates depicting locations and characters closely related to the writing of Sir Walter Scott. Two works of illustrations associated with the writing of Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott, bound in f...

Snaffles, the Life and Work of Charlie Johnson Payne

John Welcome; Rupert Collens; Vincent O'Brien · 1987 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.66 | $383.19 | ¥61,199)

London, Stanley Paul, 1987. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition presentation copy of this work on the English painter. A signed limited edition presentation copy of this biographical work, with slip case. Signed by the authors Rupert Collens and John Welcome, this...

Selectorum Symbolorum Heroicorum

Salomon Neugebauer · 1619 · Rooke Books

£3,750.00 (€4,495.62 | $4,955.11 | ¥791,361)

Francofurti, Lucam Jennis, 1619. Vellum. A Latin heraldic work on the insignia of European rulers, a notable copy from the library of William Beckford, the important English novelist. In the original Latin.From the library of William Beckford. In pencil above the bookplate &ap...

Gleichnisse

Jakob Steinhardt · 1920 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.70 | $343.55 | ¥54,868)

Berlin, Verlag fur Judische Kunst und Kultur Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating first edition collection of parables, illustrated with marvellous woodcuts by Jakob Steinhardt. 'Gleichnisse', or 'Parables', comprises eight short stories...

Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer

George C. Williamson · 1903 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A large, limited edition of this remarkable illustrated biography of miniature artists Nathaniel and Andrew Plimer, by George C. Williamson. The first edition, limited to three hundred and fifty-two copies printed for s...

Saunders&Apos; Portrait and Memoirs of Eminent Living Political Reformers

1840 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, J. Dowding, 1840. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this wonderful portrait collection of George Hayter's works, all showing prominent political reformers of the day. The first edition of this work.A selection of the beautiful portrait paintings by Geor...

London - World City 1800-1840

Celina Fox [ed.] · 1992 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1992. First edition. Cloth. A bright, illustrated account of London as an Imperial power in the first half of the nineteenth century. A profusely illustrated first edition, with colour plates. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Edited by Ce...

Ford Madox Brown, a Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co. 1896. Cloth. A wonderful biography of the life of this important British painter, illustrated with reproductions and in the publisher's charming pictorial binding. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) was a British painter, rem...

The Modern School of Art

Wilfrid Meynell · 1852 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.86 | $158.56 | ¥25,324)

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Ltd. c1887. Cloth. A richly illustrated two volume set describing modern artists. Edited by Wilfrid Meynell CBA (1852-1948), a British editor and newspaper publisher who contributed to a range of periodicals including The...

Some Modern Artists and Their Work

Wilfrid Meynell · 1883 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this late-Victorian study of the popular artists of the day, illustrated profusely. The first edition of this work.A beautiful study of the prominent and popular artists of the late Victorian ...

The Art Annual

Various · 1888 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.83 | $191.60 | ¥30,599)

London, Art Journal Office, 1888-90. Leather. A collection of four illustrated biographies on Meissonier, Hook, Bonheur, and Birket Foster, illustrated with examples of their art throughout. Bound without title pages. Title and publishing information taken from Jisc from a cop...

The Bridge a Chapter in the History of Building

Christian Barman · 1926 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, John Lane, 1926. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated study of the history of bridges. Written by architect and editor, Christian Barman. Barman studied architecture at Liverpool University from 1916 and was the editor of several architectural jo...

The Bijou; or, Annual of Literature and the Arts

Various · 1829 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.90 | $112.32 | ¥17,938)

London, William Pickering, 1829. Leather. An illustrated early nineteenth century annual for literature and the art, illustrated with detailed engravings. A charming early nineteenth century annual on literature and the arts. Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title pag...

The Wood Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton

Penelope Hughes-Stanton · 1991 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Pinner, Private Libraries Association , 1991. First edition. Cloth. The first trade edition of this biography of the influential wood-engraving Blair Hughes-Stanton. An association copy, with fascinating provenance. This is the first edition, of a print run of 1750 copies of w...

Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists

Malcolm C Salaman; Geoffrey Holme · 1919 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

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 New Book-Illustration in France

Leon Pichon; Herbert B Grimsditch · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

London, The Studio, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this work, which looks at illustration in France at the start of the twentieth century. With many examples of the art. Written by Leon Pichon and translated into English by Herbert B Grimsditch. I...