Storia moderna

Album Pittoresque de Bruges, Ou, Collection Des Plus Belles Vues Et Des Principaux Monuments de Cette Ville

Octave Delepierre · 1837 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.31 | ¥58,016)

Bruges, Chez Buffa, 1837. Leather. An extremely scarce, richly illustrated description of Bruges, bound in contemporary leather with plates by A. Tessaro. Written by Joseph Octave Delepierre, a Belgian antiquary and author who served as archivist of West Flanders, Bruges. He w...

Wine Charters of the Borough of St Albans

trans. Edward Scott · 1875 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Not Stated, Not Stated, c1950 . Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce historical charter by Elizabeth I regarding the city of St. Albans. A charter addressed to Elizabeth I regarding the borough of St. Albans.From the Original Charters held at the British Museum.Translated by Edwar...

The History of Montrose

David Mitchell · 1866 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Montrose, George Walker, 1866. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this small work of Scottish local history. The scarce first edition history of this small Scottish coastal town, located between Aberdeen and Dundee.In author and resident of the town David Mitche...

A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity

James Merigot · 1817 · Rooke Books

£1,100.00 (€1,318.52 | $1,453.25 | ¥232,066)

London, Robinsons; White; Faulder; Evans, c1819. Leather. A beautiful copy of James Merigot's illustrated work on Rome. Complete with 61 aquatint plates. Undated, all except plate 20 are watermarked 1817. With plate 20 'Pyramid of Caius Cestius' watermarked 1815...

Discours Academiques; Meditationes Et Etudes Morales; Essais L&Apos;Histoire de France; Etudes Sur Les Beaux-Arts; Corneille; Histoire de Charles 1er; Civilisation En France; Shakespeare; Civilisations En Europe

Francois Guizot · 1862 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.45 | $2,510.17 | ¥400,841)

Paris, Didier, 1862. Leather. A beautifully bound nine work, thirteen volume collection of the works of French politician and historian Francois Guizot. There are nine works to this uniformly bound thirteen volume set, each here present in the original French.Each of these vol...

The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria

George Dennis · 1883 · Rooke Books

£499.00 (€598.13 | $659.25 | ¥105,274)

London, John Murray , 1883. Cloth. A set complete in two volumes containing George Dennis' remarkable and important account of Etruscan civilisation and Tuscan landscapes. The third edition with illustrations, maps, and plans. A remarkable treatise by George Dennis, Briti...

Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland

Various · 1829 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

Edinburgh & London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1829. Leather. Three volumes containing the prize essays of the Highland Society of Scotland, bound in contemporary leather. Containing essays on all manner of agricultural and mechanical subjects, such as fishponds, braxy, grain...

The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford. The Hon. Sir Dudley North. The Hon and Rev Dr John North.

Roger North · 1826 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.47 | $521.85 | ¥83,333)

London, Henry Colburn, 1826. Leather. A smartly bound three volume biography of the famous North family. Complete in three volumes, with a frontispiece portrait of one of the men in question to each. Written by Roger North, an English lawyer and biographer who here details the...

A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of Patrick Colquhoun

Grant David Yeats · 1818 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, Not Stated , 1818. First edition. Leather. The biography of the founder of Patrick Colquhoun, founder of the Thames River Police, a very scarce first edition. A very scarce copy of the first 1818 edition of Patrick Colquhoun by Grant David Yeats. Patrick Colquhoun was...

Holyhead Road. Reports of Mr. Telford to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Improvement of the Holyhead Road, Upon the State of the Road between London and Shrewsbury

1820 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

London, The House of Commons, 1820. Leather. A very scarce report on the improvements for the London-Holyhead road, by Thomas Telford, illustrated with folding plates. A very scarce work.Illustrated with nine colour folding plans and one plate.Collated, complete.An important r...

Claudian: The Last of the Roman Poets

Thomas Hodgkin · 1875 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; London, A. Reid; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1875. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing two lectures by Thomas Hodgkin, both discussing one of the last of the Roman poets, Claudian. A very scarce work.Two lectures by Thomas Hodgkin, focussing on Claudian, t...

The Xviiith Century in London

E. Beresford Chancellor · 1700 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

London, B. T. Batsford, c1920. Cloth. A fascinating exploration through London of the 1700s, illustrated and complete with a scarce dust wrapper. This work comprises a thorough account of London's social scene and arts through the eighteenth century.Written by Edwin Beres...

Les Iles Malouines: Nouvel Expose D&Apos;Un Vieux Litige

Paul Groussac · 1910 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Buenos Aires, Imprimerie Coni Freres, Editeurs, 1910. First edition. Leather. An uncommon French exploration of the history of the Falkland Island's history and status, complete with a folding map a loosely inserted criticism of the work in Spanish. This work examines the...

The Story of the House of Lancaster

Henry Hartwright · 1897 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Elliot Stock, 1897. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition history of the House of Lancaster, a vivid history of the Royal family. The first edition of this scarce work.A detailed study into the history of the House of Lancaster, tracing their rise and fall in pu...

Le Page de Napoleon

E. Dupuis · 1923 · Rooke Books

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

Paris, Delagrave, 1923. Cloth. A French novel fictionalising the life of the page of Napoleon Bonaparte, illustrated by Job throughout. In the original French.An exciting novel following the exploits of the young page of Napoleon during the years of the Wars.Illustrated with e...

The Flora of West Lancashire

J. A. Wheldon; Albert Wilson · 1907 · Rooke Books

£78.00 (€93.50 | $103.05 | ¥16,456)

Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons, 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this beautiful work looking into the native flora of West Lancashire, illustrated throughout, including with a colour folding map. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study of the various fl...

George the Third His Court and History

[John Galt] · 1820 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Henry Colburn and co, 1820. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first edition work regarding the life and court of George III of England. With a frontispiece and nine plates in volume I, a frontispiece and seven plates to volume II. Collated, complete.An interesting l...

Illusion: 1915

H. M. Tomlinson · 1929 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, William Heinemann, 1929. Cloth. A limited edition of this brief account of the First World War from battle, signed and numbered by anti-war writer Henry Major Tomlinson. This is a brief account of the author's wartime experiences.Written by H. M. Tomlinson (1873-1...

Social England: A Record of the Progress of the People

H. D. Traill; J. S. Mann · 1902 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.07 | $918.19 | ¥146,623)

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, Cassell & Company, Ltd. 1902. Fine Binding. A wonderful finely bound six volume collection of this history of progress in England across twelve books, with colour plates and folding maps. This work details the improvements made to the count...

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Winston Churchill · 1975 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Cassell and Company LTD, 1975-77. Cloth. Two smart later edition volumes of Winston Churchill's important history of Britain. In two volumes, being Volumes II and III of a total of four volumes.In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Volume II is the fifth edition,...