Pittura e disegno

Poster for Auction of an Old-Fashioned Detached & Thatched Cottage Known As Maggotts

A. Derby & Co · 1930 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.81 | $218.02 | ¥34,820)

Chelmsford, Meggy, Thompson and Creasey, 1930 . Paperback. A delightful 1930 poster for the auction of a charming thatched cottage located in the Chelmsford district of Essex. A 1930 poster advertising the Friday, August 15th, 1930 auction of a small country property known as ...

The Spirit of Place Nine Neo-Romantic Artists and Their Times

Malcolm Yorke · 1988 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.33 | $75.32 | ¥12,029)

London , Constable, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A delightful first edition volume exploring the works of Neo-Romantic artists, with colour illustrations. A first edition of this work. Neo-Romanticism is a difficult movement to define and within this volume Malcolm Yorke attem...

Peter Biegel&Apos;S Racing Pictures

Peter Biegel · 1983 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1983. First edition. Leather. A beautiful first edition of this collection of racing pictures by Peter Biegel. First edition. Highly illustrated throughout. A collection of works from Royal Ascot to the Grand National. Written and illustrated by Pet...

Discourses Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy

Joshua Reynolds · 1905 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.74 | $64.75 | ¥10,340)

London, Seeley & Co. Limited, 1905. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated study of discourses. First edition. Highly illustrated with 33 plated illustrations. Collated complete. An educational work reviewing discourses. Written by Sir Joshua Reynolds, a...

Romance of the Renaissance Chateaux and Romance of the Bourbon Chateaux

Elizabeth W. Champney · 1901 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901-1903. First edition. Cloth. Two wonderful volumes exploring the romance of the French Chateaux, with illustrations. Two volumes on the romance and history of the Renaissance Chateaux and the Bourbon Chateaux by Elizabeth W. C...

A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England

Ayliffe Poole · 1848 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.36 | $48.89 | ¥7,808)

London, Joseph Masters, 1848 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of this interesting mid nineteenth century architecture study. First edition of A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England by Ayliffe Poole in the original publisher's cloth binding.Â...

Printing Design and Layout, the Manuel for Printers, Typographers and All Designers and Users of Printing and Advertising

Vincent Steer; Beatrice L. Warde · 1934 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.84 | $184.99 | ¥29,544)

London, Virtue & Co. Ltd. Publishers, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this well researched and expansive guidebook to printing design with illustrations. First edition of Printing Design and Layout, The Manuel for Printers, Typographers and all Designers and ...

The Birth of Jesus

1952 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London , Folding Books LTD, 1952. Cloth. A beautiful folding peepshow book of the Birth of Jesus, with six double page scenes. A lovely accordion folding book that tells the story of the Birth of Jesus. With six double page scenes. Once completely folded out the pages can be t...

Charming Late Victorian Scrapbook of Colourful Illustrations

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

None, None, c1890. Disbound. An exciting and colourful scrapbook illustrated with many beautiful, enchanting and entertaining pieces. Cloth leaves. 48 pages of scrapbooked adhesive chromolithographic images. Most in colour. A late Victorian Scrapbook containing enchanting illu...

Les Meubles D&Apos;Art Du Mobilier National

E Williamson · 1880 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

Paris, Buudry & Cie Editures, 1880. Unbound. Complete two volumes of this collection of beautiful pieces preserved and reproduced. Portfolios in four laced board. "Artistic furniture from Mobilier national; choice of the most beautiful pieces preserved in the Garde-Meuble and ...

Gainsborough & His Place in English Art

Sir Walter Armstrong · 1899 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London , Heinemann, 1899. Cloth. A wonderful selection of works by the painter Thomas Gainsborough. A reprint copy of 250 copies. This volume explores the English art scene during the 18th Century and Gainsborough's influential role within it, exploring his pictures pain...

Compendious Description of the Museums of Ancient Sculpture Greek and Roman in the Vatican Palace

H. J. Massi · 1893 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.56 | $50.21 | ¥8,019)

Rome, Not stated , 1893 . Paperback. A scarce early edition of this study and catalogue of museums of Ancient Sculpture from the late nineteenth century. The fourth edition of Compendious Description of the Museums of Ancient Sculpture Greek and Roman in the Vatican Palace by ...

English Barometers 1680-1860

Nicholas Goodison · 1977 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 1977. Cloth. A new and revised edition of this profusely illustrated work on English barometers from 1680 to 1860, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A new and revised edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A ch...

Constable

M. Sturge Henderson · 1905 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London , Duckworth and co, 1905. First edition. Leather. A lovely first edition copy of this work on the life and art of Constable. A first edition copy of this work that has been rebound in half leather. This volume is a biography of the life of English landscape painter Joh...

Birket Foster His Life and Work

Marcus B. Huish · 1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, Art Journal Office, 1890. Cloth. A highly illustrated look at the life and work of Myles Birket Foster, published only one year after his death. A study on the life and work of Birket Foster, published as part of a series of artistic biographies by the 'Art Annual...

Arthur Boyd Houghton a Selection from His Work in Black and White, Printed for the Most Part from the Original Wood-Blocks

Laurence Housman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Limited, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition volume looking at the art of Arthur Boyd Houghton, an extensively illustrated work with almost one-hundred plates. The first edition.An artistic study on Arthur Boyd Houghto...

The Poetry of Architecture or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in Its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character

John Ruskin · 1893 · Rooke Books

£370.00 (€443.57 | $488.90 | ¥78,081)

London, George Allen, 1893. Leather. The uncommon limited large paper edition of this work on architecture by the hugely influential John Ruskin. The first edition limited large paper edition in a half paper vellum binding. Colour frontispiece. 22 plates, 14 of which are photo...

British Water-Colour Painting & Painters of to-Day

J. Littlejohns · 1931 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

New York, Isaac Pitman & Sons , 1931. First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated, first edition, copy of this book about British watercolour painting. The first edition. Dated from the British library. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt letterin...

The Renaissance Art in France

Mrs Mark Pattison · 1879 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€899.12 | $991.02 | ¥158,272)

London , C. Kegan Paul & CO, 1879. First edition. Leather. A lovely complete two volume set of The Renaissance Art in France, with illustrations throughout. A lovely complete two volume set of The Renaissance Art in France, first edition copies. The French Renaissance was the...

Flowers of Paradise

Reginald Francis Hallward · 1889 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.92 | $92.50 | ¥14,772)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1889. First edition. Hardback. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of this collection of music and verse by Reginald Hallward. A first edition copy of this decorative musical work from Reginald Francis Hallward. Hallward was a British artist...