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Italian Maiolica Catalogue of the Collections

Catherine Hess · 1988 · Rooke Books

£99.00 (€118.67 | $130.79 | ¥20,885)

California, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine catalogue of the Getty Museum's maiolica, illustrated with beautiful colour plates of the Italian pottery. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A catalogue of the Maio...

Representative Painters of the Xixth Century

Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers) · 1899 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London & New York, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and richly illustrated history of painters of the 1800s, including the likes of Constable, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Turner. Written by Nancy Bell (1844-1933), a British translator and...

Die Kunst Der Primitiven

Herbert Kühn · 1923 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

München, Delphin-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study on the history of primitive, with colour plates and engravings. The first hardback edition. A fascinating copy on the study of primitive art, thoroughly illustrated throughout. First hardback edition. I...

The Garden of Earthly Delight

Judith Kazantzis; Carolyn Trant · 2008 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Parvenu Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce artist's book produced by Carolyn Trant, of the Art Workers' Guild. A fantastic concertina book, with Trant's striking images. The first edition of this work in the concertina form. Previously, &ap...

Songs & Lyrics from the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher

Beaumont and Fletcher; E H Fellowes · 1928 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Cloth. A very smart copy of this limited edition work, comprising the songs featured in Beaumont and Fletcher's plays put to music. Engraved title page, Numbered 81 or 345 copies produced. Several leaves remain unopened to the top ...

Signs of the Zodiac

Hellmuth Weissenborn · 1978 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Gloucestershire, The Whittington Press, 1978. Paperback. A charmingly illustration collection of Zodiacs. Engraved throughout by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Comprising all twelve Zodiac signs. A limited edition work, comprising 900 copies hand set in Lutetia type & printed from th...

Old Sporting Prints

Ralph Nevill · 1908 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, The Connoisseur Magazine, 1908. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Ralph Nevill's curated collection of art prints showing various equestrian sport scenes, illustrated in colour. The first edition of this work.A selection of beautiful sporting prints showi...

Les Amours

Anon · 1834 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Paris, Chex Barba, 1834. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, beautifully bound, pocket sized collection of intimate songs. An almanac of the 'amours de venus&apos. A very scarce, first and possibly only edition of this work.No record of this publication on Worldcat or ...

The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain

C A Stothard · 1817 · Rooke Books

£12,500.00 (€14,983.02 | $16,513.26 | ¥2,636,961)

London, J M'Creery, 1817-1832. First edition. Leather. An exceptional association copy of C A Stothard's important twelve part work on British effigies. From the library of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with an inscription from his supporter and admirer, John Ruskin. The f...

Synopsis of Ancient Costume

Thomas Dudley Fosbroke · 1825 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, John Nichols and Son, 1825. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this chronological overview to ancient costume. Being excerpts from Reverend Fosbroke's 'Encyclopedia of Antiquities&apos. The majority of pages remain unopened to the top edge.Uncommon fo...

Engravings and Their Value

J Herbert Slater · 1929 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, The Bazaar Exchange and Mart, 1929. Cloth. A smart, sixth edition copy of J Herbert Slater's detailed guide to collecting engravings and the history of engravings. In the publisher's original cloth.This sixth edition is extra illustrated compared to previous ...

Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views, in, or Near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with Copious Descriptions, and a Brief Sketch of the Poet&Apos;S Life

1804 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1804. Leather. A lovely copy of this work on Cowper, illustrated with very attractive plates throughout. A superior copy. An interesting work that showcase the park of Weston-Underwood in Buckinghamshire, where William Cowper spent the last years of h...

Les Sources Du Vigtieme Siecle

Jean Cassou · 1961 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Paris, Editions des Deux Mondes, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this French work on the art of the twentieth century, illustrated throughout, with many colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original French.An art history work, looking into the ...

Marcel Duchamp, or, the Castle of Purity

Octavio Paz · 1970 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this critical work looking into the art of Marcel Duchamp, signed by the author. From the library of the publisher Tom Maschler. The first English edition of this work. In the original unclipp...

Funerary Paintings

Francesco Clemente · 1988 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Dia Art Foundation, 1988. First edition. Cloth. A fine, dedicated copy of Francesco Clemente's 'Funerary Paintings&apos. This book accompanied the exhibition of his paintings that ran from October 7 1988 to June 18 1989. Signed by the author to the title page...

Collection de Douze Vues de Waterloo

Gerard · 1836 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Bruxelles, Gerard Lithographe-Editeur, c1835. Paperback. Two collections of Gerard's lithographs of Waterloo. With a folding plan of the battle to the rear of both volumes. Uncommon in such a bright condition. In the publisher's original wraps. Gerard's lithogra...

Pulpits of Belgium

None · 0 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1890. Leather. A scarce collection of plates on various pulpits in Belgium illustrated with fifteen plates. An interesting collection of plates looking at the pulpits of Belgium. Illustrated with fifteen plates. Additional plate tipped on to the rear p...

Lady Charlotte&Apos;S Schreiber&Apos;S Journals Confidences of a Collector of Ceramics & Antiques Throughout Britain France Holland Belgium Spain Portugal Turkey Austria & Germany from the Year 1869 to 1885

Lady Charlotte Schreiber; Montague J. Guest; Egan Mew · 1911 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Lane, 1911. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Charlotte Schreiber's travel journals documenting her time travelling through Europe collecting ceramics and antiques, illustrated, with some colour plates. The first edition of this work. Complete in two...

Jerusalem

None · 1964 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful collection of plates to commemorate the sixtieth birthday of the Polish artist David Zak, illustrated with colour plates. The first edition of this work. In the original quarter cloth po...

Texte Explicatif Et Planches Supplementaires Des Specimens de L&Apos;Art Ornemental de Louis Gruner Choisis Parmi Les Meilleurs Modeles Des Epoques Classiques

Louis Gruner; [Ludwig Gruner] · 1850 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

Paris, A. Franck, 1850. Leather. A scarce edition in French of this supplemental work for Ludwig Gruner's 'Specimens of Ornamental Art', illustrated with eight plates, illustrated by Emil Braun. A scarce work. In French, translated from the original English. Ill...