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Liebhaber-Bibliothek Alter Illustratoren in Facsimile-Reproduction: Wittemberger Heiligthumsbuch

Lucas Cranach · 1884 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Munchen [Munich], G. Hirth, 1884 . Leather. A bright copy of this late nineteenth century facsimile reproduction of Lucas Cranach the Elder's 1509 work. In the original German. German Renaissance painter and printmaker Lucas Cranach the Elder presents in this work - compl...

Archivo Espanol de Arte Y Arqueologia

Various · 1925 · Rooke Books

£9,750.00 (€11,686.75 | $12,880.34 | ¥2,056,829)

Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 1925-83. Vellum. A scarce to see set of the popular Spanish journal exploring art and archeology, lavishly illustrated across eighty-five volumes. An unbroken run of the Spanish journal, Spanish Archive of Art and Archae...

Les Maitres D&Apos;Autrefois

Eugène Fromentin · 1941 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Floury, 1941. Leather. Eugène Fromentin analyses Early Netherlandish painting and the Old Masters in this interesting work of art history. Heavily illustrated, with 128 monochrome plates. A leather bound copy of Eugène Fromentin's The Master's of Past Time. ...

The English Print 1688-1802

Timothy Clayton · 1997 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

New Haven, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1997. Cloth. A very smart edition of this history of prints in England, signed by the author with an inscription. Signed by the author to the title page with an inscription which reads: "For...

Decorative Textiles: An Illustrated Book on Coverings for Furniture, Walls and Floors, Including Damask, Brocades and Velvets, Tapestries, Laces, Embroideries, Chintzes, Cretonnes, Drapery and Furniture, Trimmings, Wall Papers, Carpets, and Rugs, Tooled and Illuminated Leathers

George Leland Hunter · 1918 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1918. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of this work on decorative textiles. Unspecified limited edition. Illustrated with five-hundred and eighty images, with twenty-seven colour plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive...

British Painters of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

1700 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , David Bogue, c1880. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this extensive look at 18th and 19th century British artists, with illustrations. A first edition copy. British Painters of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries is an extensive volume on the landsca...

Scriptural Extracts, Compiled and Pointed As a Musical Service for the Various Masonic Ceremonies

David Pryce Owen · 1877 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Simpkin & Marshall, 1877. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon free masonry pamphlet. A pamphlet which has been bound in cloth with the original wraps maintained. This volume contains Scriptural Extracts which have been complied and pointed as a music service for the va...

Tables and Rules for Facilitating the Calculation of Earthwork, Land, Curves, Distances, and Gradients, Required in the Formation of Railways, Roads, and Canals: Also Essays on the Prismoidal Formula, and on the Power Required Upon Inclined Plans

JB Huntington · 1846 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Weale , 1846. First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of this engineering reference work by J B Huntington. The very scarce first edition of this work, rarely seen in commerce. Looking at the scientific progress in civil engineering, in particular in t...

The First Tracing Board in Craft Masonry

0 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London , G. Bradshaw. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce pamphlet on The Tracing Board in Craft Masonry. A very scarce pamphlet on The First Tracing Board in Craft Masonry. Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations which depict the various emblems and symbols of Freem...

Everyman

Thomas Derrick · 1930 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London and New York, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1930 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this religious story and moral play told through lovely woodcuts by the artist Thomas Derrick. First edition of Everyman by Ernest Rhys in the original publ...

The Smaller English House 1500-1939

Reginald Turnor · 1952 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1952. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this study of small English houses from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. First edition of The Smaller English House 1500-1939 by Reginald Turnor in the original publisher's cloth b...

Saul and David

Oskar Kokoschka · 1973 · Rooke Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1973 . Cloth. A limited edition of this beautiful telling of a Biblical story with lithographs by Oskar Kokoschka. Limited edition of Saul and David by Oskar Kokoschka in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. A beauti...

English Church Brasses from the 13th to 17th Century

Ernest Suffling · 1910 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study of English church brasses. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and a total of two-hundred and thirty-seven illustrations reproduced from ru...

The Victorian Collector Series: Porcelain, Pottery, Silver and Embroidery

Geoffrey A. Godden; Hugh Wakefield; Patricia Wardle; Barbara Morris · 1962 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Herbert Jenkins; Barrie & Jenkins, 1962-1970. First edition. Cloth. A lovely set of four volumes from the Victorian Collector Series, three of which are first edition copies. Four volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust...

An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformatio

Thomas Rickman; John Henry Parker [ed.] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Parker and Co, 1881 . Cloth. The seventh edition of this illustrated chronological guide to the history of architecture in England by Thomas Rickman, an important work in the Gothic Revival movement. The seventh edition of this fascinating work, which established a chr...

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain

George Edmund TSreet · 1869 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, John Murray, 1869. Leather. The second edition of George Edmund Street's survey of Gothic architecture in Spain in signed Birdsall & Son binding. The second edition of this work. Rebound in half morocco signed Birdsall & Son.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignet...

The Wind in the Oak

Martin Muncaster · 1978 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Robin Garton, 1978 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography of the marine and landscape painter Claude Muncaster. First edition of The Wind in the Oak by Martin Muncaster in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. The...

Chirps and Chimes in Various Keys

D. Bruce Mackie · 1892 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

Brechin, Edinburgh and Glasgow, D. B. Mackie; John Menzies & Co. 1892 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this collection of songs from Brechin in the late nineteenth century. First edition of Chirps and Chimes in Various Keys by D. Bruce Mackie in the original...

Moon Behind Clouds: An Introduction to the Life and Works of Sir Claude Francis Barry 1883-1970

Katie Campbell · 1999 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Jersey, Fine Arts Promotions Limited, 1999. First edition. Paperback. A very smart first edition of this illustrated guide to the work of Sir Claude Francis Barry. First edition. Illustrated highly throughout. An introduction to the work of Sir Claude Francis Barry, a British ...

Gemma Bovery

Posy Simmonds · 1999 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

London , Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds. A first edition copy.This graphic novel by Posy Simmonds is the tragicomic story of the life and death of an English expatriate in Normandy, drawing parallels from...