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Die Niederlandischen Maler Des 17. Jahrhunderts

Walther Bernt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Munich , Bisher F. Bruckmann, 1948. Cloth. A German language, three volume set of catalogues focussing on the Flemish artists of the Seventeenth Century. Arranged alphabetically, and containing 1042 monochrome reproductions of various pieces over the three volumes included, th...

L&Apos;Arte Della Legatura Alla Corte Degli Estensi

G. Fumagalli · 1913 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

Firenze, Libreria Antiquaria T. de Marinis, 1913. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of book binding. An illustrated work on the art of book binding. In Italian. Illustrated throughout with many tissue-guarded plates. Covering the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. With a...

Die Kunst Der Stadt Rom

Leo Bruhns · 1972 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

Germany, Leo Bruhns, 1972. Cloth. A scarce and well kept German edition of the art of the city of Rome from Leo Bruhn. The book traces art through the age of Augustus to Salier and Stauffer and through Classicism and Romanticism. Includes four hundred and sixty black and white...

Cuadernos de Arte: Jerez Y Los Puertos and la Ruta de Colon Y Las Torres Del Condado de Niebla

Jose Hernandez Diaz and Antonio Sancho Corbacho · 1946 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.83 | ¥14,345)

Madrid, Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, 1946-1947. Leather. A two volume set of works on art. Printed in Spanish and English. With 174 plates. Jose Hernandez Diaz was a professor of art history at the University of Seville who focused his research on the Baroque Sevillian. Ant...

Joao Penalva: Works with Text and Images

Various [inc. Rachel Withers, Bruno Marchand, Joao Nisa] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Lisbon/Odense, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Lisboa & Kunsthallen Brandts, 2011. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of an illustrated catalogue celebrating the work of award-winning Portuguese conceptual artist Joao Penalva, with his work often focusing on memor...

Sean Landers: 1990-1995 an Improbable History

Various [Eds. by Paul Ha, Cynthia Daignault, Michelle Reyes Landers] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

New York, JRP-Ringier, 2011. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an illustrative catalogue of a humorous and confessional exhibition by American conceptual artist Sean Landers, displaying a variety of artistic mediums throughout. The first edition of Sean Landers: 1990-...

Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula

Fady Jameel [ed]; et al. · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Booth-Clibborn, 2015. Hardback. An abundantly illustrated copy of this work depicting the many sculptures found in the city of Jeddah. A scarce work.In the original bronze hardback binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part of the Booth-Clibborn edit...

Miguel Chevalier

Jerome Neutres; David Rosenburg · 2018 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

France, Bernard Chauveau, 2018 . Hardback. A scarce copy of this strikingly illustrated volume on the French digital and virtual artist Miguel Chevalier. A scarce work. In the original black hardback binding.Copiously illustrated in colour throughout with an abundance of stri...

Hall-Marks on Gold and Silver Plate

William Chaffers · 1865 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, J. Davy & Sons, 1865. Cloth. The second edition of a volume looking at hall-marks used for confirming purity on silver and gold, collected since the reign of Henry VI, with the second edition touching upon French and Dutch hall-marks. The second edition of Hall-Marks o...

Polska Sztuka Ludowa

None Stated · 1955 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Warszawa, PanÃÂOestwowy Instytut Sztuki, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A 1955 issue of Poland"s leading folk-art journal, richly illustrating regional craft traditions and vernacular design. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Complete with the original uncli...

L&Apos;Art de Rocconnaitre Les Styles: Le Style Moderne

Emile-Bayard · 1919 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Librarie Garnier Freres, [1919]. Cloth. An abundantly illustrated work on modern art in multiple forms, by French illustrator Emile-Bayard. In a full brown cloth binding.With 170 in text engravings of artwork.By Emile-Bayard, a French illustrator and student of Léo...

Anthologie Du Livre Illustrãƒâ© Par Les Peintres Et Sculpteurs de L&Apos;ãƒâ©Cole de Paris

Claude Roger-Marx; Henri Matisse; Albert Skira · 1946 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

Genève, Éditions Albert Skira, 1946 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of this comprehensive anthology of books illustrated by painters and sculptors of the School of Paris, featuring close to one hundred reproductions and text from Claude Roger-Marx and Henri Matisse...

Tvãƒâ¥ Gustavianska Mãƒâ¤Stare

Karl Asplund · 1925 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Stockholm, A.B. Wahlstrom & Widstrand , 1925. Leather. A scarce impressively illustrated volume on the two Swedish artists Niklas Lafrensen and Elias Martin, with 96 plates of their work. A scarce work.In the publisher's full black morocco binding. An impressive volume o...

Maple & Co: Illustrations of Furniture

Maple & Co · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Maple & Co, 1910 . Paperback. An uncommon catalogue of the extensive and highly decorative range of furniture sold by Maple & Co. in 1910. Illustrated throughout. An uncommon catalogue.Maple & Co. was a British furniture and upholstery manufacturer established in 1841,...

A History of English Furniture (the Age of Oak; the Age of Walnut; the Age of Mahogany; the Age of Satinwood)

Percy MacQuoid · 1904 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd, 1904-1908. First edition. Leather. The complete first edition of Percy Macquoid's influential history of English furniture, illustrated with colour plates throughout. This set offers the complete four-volume first edition of Percy Macquoi...

Ford Madox Brown: A Record of His Life and Work

Ford M. Hueffer · 1896 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a biography of the pre-Raphaelite artist, written by his grandson, the novelist and founder of the English Review Ford M. Heuffer. The first edition of the respected biography Ford Madox Brown: A...

The Legendary History of the Cross: A Series of Sixty-Four Woodcuts from a Dutch Book Published by Veldener, A.D. 1483.

William Caxton; John Ashton [Intro.]; S. Baring Gould [Preface] · 1887 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887 . Hardback. A charming reproduction of the 1483 Veldener woodcuts illustrating the Legendary History of the Cross, with brass clasps. In the publisher's original pictorial paper vellum binding with brass clasps. A late-Victorian reproduction...

1897 Some Thoughts About Art an Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society

H. Nazeby Harrinton · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Birkenhead, For the Society by Willmer Brothers and Co. Limited, 1897. First edition. Cloth. An incredibly scarce copy of art collector and doctor H. Nazeby Harrington's speech to his fellows at the Birkenhead Literary and Scientific Society. In lovely condition, H. Nazeb...

Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A.

Sir Edwin Landseer; W. Cosmo Monkhouse · 1873 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Virtue and Company, Limited, 1873 . Cloth. A smart late Victorian edition of this work showcasing the art of Sir Edwin Landseer, with text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse and illustrated with seventeen monochrome plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt a...

New Road Directions in European Art and Letters Number 4

Fred Marnau · 1946 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London , Grey Walls Press LTD. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this issue of literary and art, with poetry and prose. Including numerous plates and the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In publisher's original cloth binding w...