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Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings

John Denison Champlin; Charles C. Perkins · 1888 · Rooke Books

£950.00 (€1,138.71 | $1,255.01 | ¥200,409)

New York and London, Charles Scribner's Sons; Bernard Quaritch, 1888. Leather. A lovely bound complete four volume set of this comprehensive Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. A complete four volume set of the Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, edited by John Deniso...

The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, &C.

David Croal Thomson · 1890 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.62 | $2,311.86 | ¥369,175)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1890. First edition. Leather. Striking large paper study of Barbizon art and painters by David Croal Thomson in a sumptuous Hatchards binding. Number two-hundred and thirty one of two hundred and eighty copies issued, initialled by the author. An ext...

Aubrey Beardsley the Man and His Work

Haldane Macfall · 1935 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of illustrator Aubrey Beardsley in the original publisher's binding. First edition of Aubrey Beardsley The Man and His Work by Haldane Macfall in the original publi...

Hall Marks of Gold and Silver Plate

William Chaffers · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1905 . Cloth. The uncommon ninth extended and enlarged edition of this book on hall marks on silver and gold with illustrations. The ninth edition of Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate by William Chaffers in the original publisher's cloth bindi...

Decorations Japonaises, Chinoises, Et de Gout Chinois

0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Paris, Armand Guerinet, c1926. Cloth. An uncommon French study on the beautiful artistic patterns used in Japan and China, a nicely illustrated work complete with colour plates. In French.An uncommon work.Illustrated with thirty-two plates, eight of which are in colour.Collate...

A History of Wood Engraving

Douglas Percy Bliss · 1928 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London , J. M. Dent , 1928. First edition. Cloth. A lovely volume on the history of wood engraving that is richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of this work that explores the history of wood engraving. Bliss gives an account of the technique of woodcutting and w...

The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century London

Richard Edgcumbe · 2000 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2000. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive work on Gold Chasers in Eighteenth Century London, with a signed slip by the author and copious illustrations. A first edition copy of this work on The Art of the Gold Chaser in Eighteenth-Century Lo...

An Introduction to a History of Woodcut with a Detailed Survey of Work Done in the Fifteenth Century

Arthur M. Hind · 1935 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London , Constable and Company , 1935. First edition. Cloth. A complete two volume set of An Introduction to a History of Woodcut which is richly illustrated throughout. A first edition copy of the two volumes of An Introduction to a History of Woodcut With a Detailed Survey o...

Songs from the Silence

Minnie Ferris Hauenstein · 1909 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Buffalo, N.Y. The Mathews-Northrup Works, 1909 . First edition. Leather. Very scarce first edition of this anthology of poetry and song in half leather binding from the early twentieth century. First edition of Songs From The Silence by Minnie Ferris Hauenstein in half calf bi...

Studies in Early Egyptian Glass

C. Lilyquist; R. h. Brill · 1993 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1993 . First edition. Magazine. A scarce first edition of this study of Ancient Egyptian glass from the collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In original publisher's paper wrap. Scarce first edition of this st...

Von Berlin Nach Danzig Eine Kunstlerfahrt IM Jahre 1773 Von Daniel Chodowiecki

Daniel Chodowiecki · 1937 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

Leipzig , Insel Verlag, 1937. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition copy of Von Berlin Nach Danzig Eine Kunstlerfahrt im Jahre 1773 von Daniel Chodowiecki, full of illustrations and with the original slipcase. A first edition copy of  Von Berlin Nach Danzig Eine Kun...

Christmas Tyde

[Sara Coleridge]; Various · 1849 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, William Pickering, 1849. Cloth. First Edition illustrated collection of Christmas songs and poems, from the library of Ottoline Morrell. First Edition uncommon collection of sacred songs and Christmas themed poems by various authors, including William Shakespeare, John...

Catalogue of the Pictures in the Dulwich College Gallery

Jean Paul Richter; John C.L. Sparkes · 1880 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

London, Spottiswoode & Co. 1880. Leather. A very scarce referential work on the pictures in the Dulwich College Gallery, including accompanying biographies of the painters. A referential catalogue of the pictures held at the Dulwich College Gallery, including biographical noti...

George Morland: His Life and Works

Sir Walter Gilbey; E.D. Cuming · 1907 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1907. First edition. Leather. A handsomely bound, first edition of this colourfully illustrated biography of artist George Morland, from a limited edition publication and signed by the author. A fascinating and comprehensive biography of eighte...

Pen, Pencil and Chalk a Series of Drawings by Contemporary European Artists

Charles Holme [ed.] · 1911 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , The Studio , 1911. First edition. Leather. A beautifully illustrated first edition copy of pen, pencil and chalk drawings by European artists on different coloured papers. The Studio's first edition collection of pen, pencil and chalk drawings of European artists...

Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Bernard Rackham · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge , Antique Collectors' Club , 1987. Cloth. A catalogue of the Glaisher Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, vol. I of a limited edition of one-thousand copies. A comprehensive, complete catalogue of the Glaisher collection of pottery and porcelains,...

Happy England

Marcus B. Huish · 1909 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1909 . Cloth. A delicate colour illustrated collection of Helen Alligham's beautiful impressions of the British countryside. A beautiful presentation of Helen Allingham's paintings of the quintessential British countryside, including p...

The Arts of Ancient Georgia

David M. Lang; Alisa Jaffa; Rusudan Mepisashvili; Vakhtang Tsintsadze · 1979 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London , Thames and Hudsom, 1979. First edition. Cloth. An excellent and insightful, like new, edition of The Arts of Ancient Georgia, filled with colour and black and white illustrations and photographs. This like-new edition of The Arts of Ancient Georgia includes 584 illust...

Mr. Pickwick

Charles Dickens · 1910 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. First edition. Vellum. A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of selected pages from 'The Pickwick Papers,' signed by the artist. Selected papers from the first Charles Dickens' novel, with colourful and beautiful illustra...

The Art of Botanical Illustration

Wilfrid Blunt; William T. Stearn · 1994 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Not Stated , Antique Collectors' Club, the Royal Botanic Gardens , 1994. Cloth. An excellent large paper, illustrated survey of botanical art, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. A complete, detailed, and beautifully illustrated study of the portrayal of plant throu...