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Frondes Agrestes: &Apos;Readings in Modern Painters&Apos;

John Ruskin, [Sel. by The Younger Lady of the Thwaite Coniston] · 1882 · Rooke Books

£79.00 (€94.69 | $104.36 | ¥16,666)

Orpington, George Allen, 1882. Leather. An insightful explanation of the principles behind the paintings of Turner and the Romantics, written by the esteemed polymath John Ruskin. The sixth edition of Frondes Agrestes: 'Readings in Modern Painters', Chosen at her Ple...

The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter

A.H. Palmer · 1895 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1895. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive biography on a pioneering illustrator of wildlife art, considered to be among the best within his field. The first edition of The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter, a biography written by British autho...

The Keramic Gallery

William Chaffers · 1907 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Gibbings and Company, 1907. Cloth. The second edition of an attractive art history of pottery across ancient to nineteenth century Eurasia, with colour plates, and numerous illustrations throughout. The second edition of The Keramic Gallery, an attractive art history, ...

Old Ship Prints

E. Keble Chatterton · 1927 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London; New York, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this interesting maritime art history work, featuring close to seventy plates in black and white and colour. First edition.In the publisher's...

Scottish Castles of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Oliver Hill; Christopher Hussey [intro.] · 1953 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Country Life Limited, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated account of the history and architecture of sixteenth and seventeenth century Scottish castles. The first edition.In publisher's original purple cloth binding. In the origin...

French Wood Carvings from the National Museums

Eleanor Rowe · 1896 · Rooke Books

£520.00 (€623.29 | $686.95 | ¥109,698)

London, B T Batsford, 1896-7. Cloth. A first edition of Eleanor Rowe's French Wood Carvings, complete in three volumes. With 54 black and white plates, showing many fabulous examples of wood-carving from across the ages covered. Volume one covers the late fifteenth and ea...

Paintings and Drawings of Continental Schools and Schools Other Than Flemish and Italian and Flemish Paintings and Drawings and Italian Paintings and Drawings and Recent Acquisitions at 56 Princes Gate London Sw7

Antoine Seilern · 1961 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Shenval Press, 1961. Cloth. An attractive collection of text and plates from Antoine Seilern's collection at 56 Princes Gate, South Kensington, London. With 275 in-text illustrations and 279 separate plates. Count Antoine Seilern (1901-1978) was an Anglo-Austrian ...

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility, and the Public Collections of the Country with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions

Edmund Lodge, Esq. F.S.A · 1756 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London , The London Printing and Publishing Company, c1860. Cloth. A beautiful illustrated collection of portraits with biographical and historical memoirs by Edmund Lodge. With 240 plates of black and white engravings with decorative borders, engraved reproductions from pictu...

The Old Water-Colour&Apos;S Society&Apos;S Club

Various; Edited by Adrian Bury and James Knox · 1956 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London , Privately Printed, 1956-1986. Cloth. A collection of ten volumes of The Old Water-Colour's Society's Club, published between 1956 and 1986. Issued only to members. Containing: Volume XXXI (1956) Volume XXXII (1957) Volume XXXIII (1958) Volume XXXIV (1959) Vo...

The Print Collection of Frederic R. Halsey

Frederic R. Halsey · 1916 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

New York, The Anderson Galleries, 1916. Paperback. A collection of four catalogues of the print collections of Frederic R. Halsey. Containing: Part III: French Engravings of the Eighteenth Century Part IV: English Stipple Engravings of the Eighteenth Century Part V: English Me...

Landscape Illustrations of the Novels of the Author of Waverley with Portraits of the Principal Female Characters

Walter Scott · 1833 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London , Charles Tilt, 1833. Leather. A collection of illustrations of scenes from the Waverley novels of Walter Scott. Second edition. Containing one hundred and eighteen engraved plates. The Waverley Novels are a long series of books by Sir Walter Scott. For nearly a century...

Engravings and Their Value a Complete Guide to the Collection and Prices of All Classes of Prints

J. Herbert Slater · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart, Limited, 1929. Cloth. An uncommon copy of Slater's guide for collectors of engravings. Sixth Edition, revised and enlarged by F. W. Maxwell-Barbour. With a colour frontispiece, numerous plates throughout, and a number of facsimile re...

The Age of Neo-Classicism

Anonymous · 1972 · Rooke Books

£33.99 (€40.74 | $44.90 | ¥7,170)

England , The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1972. Hardback. A First Edition 1970s catalogue for the Council of Europe's exhibition of Neo-classicist art. 168 double-sided photographic plates. Organised by the Royal Academy and the Victoria and Albert Museum. "This exhibi...

John Leech&Apos;S Pictures of Life and Character from the Collection of "Mr Punch

John Leech · 1886 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

London, Bradbury, Agnew and Co, 1886. Leather. A lovely collection of illustrations by the master Victorian caricaturist John Leech. With illustrated titles, frontispieces, and illustrations on every page with captions. Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magaz...

Graphic Art of the 18th Century

Jean Adhemar · 1964 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1964. Leather. A beautifully rebound work on 18th century art. Written by French librarian, academic and art historian Jean Adhemar. Translated from the original French into English by M I Martin. This work discusses Art in Europe during the 18th cen...

The Meaning of Art

Herbert Read · 1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Faber and Faber, 1936. Leather. A work of Art criticism by Herbert Read. Illustrated throughout, with 46 figures throughout, of works of art. The second edition of this work. Rebound in a lovely half morocco binding. Written by Sir Herbert Edward Read, an English art h...

The Magazine of Art

Various · 1881 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co. 1881. Leather. A profusely illustrated Victorian British journal devoted to the visual arts. Volume IV. With reviews of exhibitions, articles about artists and all branches of the visual arts, as well as some poetry. The Magazine of Art was...

The Art of Needlecraft

R K and M I R Polkinghorne · 1935 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Associated Newspapers, 1935. Leather. A detailed and explanatory guide to the craft of needlework in its varying forms. With thirty-two art plates and three hundred and twenty-eight diagrams in the text. In half morocco. Externally, near fine, with just a few marks. In...

Decorative Motives of Oriental Art

Katherine M. Ball · 1927 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head LTD. 1927. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this study into Oriental art, in a smart leather binding. Featuring six hundred and seventy-three illustrations, the author goes into significant detail, approaching the subject via the ind...

English Painting

R H Wilenski · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Faber and Faber, 1946. Leather. A work of art criticism by R H Wilenski, with examples of a vast array of illustrations throughout the volume. A reprint of this work which was first published in November 1933. Rebound in a lovely quarter morocco binding. Illustrated th...