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Contes de la Decadence Romaine
Jean Richepin · 1898 · Rooke Books
£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)
Paris, Eugene Fasquelle, 1898. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition copy of Jean Richepin's tales of Roman history, a vivid exploration of Rome and its decadent history. The first edition.In the original French.Jean Richepin's historical short stories explorin…
Geschichte Des Kostãâ¼Ms
Eduard Heyck; Max Tilke; Adolf Rosenberg [Translator.] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)
Berlin, Bei Ernst Wasmuth , [1905]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this uncommon, heavily illustrated work depicting fashions of various continents through the ages. With eighty plates to each volume. A first edition of this heavily illustrated set on the History of Co…
Histoire Des Idãâ©Es Religieuses En Allemagne Depuis le Milieu Xviiie Siãâ¨Cle Jusqu&Apos;a Nos Jours
F. Lichtenberger · 1873 · Rooke Books
£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)
Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1873. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this uncommon set discusses religious thought in Germany in the mid eighteenth century. A first edition of this uncommon set in which the French theologian Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger discusses t…
La Tunisie
J.-L. De Lanessan · 1887 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Paris, Felix Alcan, 1887. First edition. Leather. The nineteenth century French statesman Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan lays out his plans for colonial expansion in this leather bound volume. Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan's reflects on colonial expansion in th…
Traite de Chimie Pathologique Apliquee a la Medecine Pratique
Alfred Becquerel; M. A. Rodier · 1854 · Rooke Books
£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)
Paris, Germer Balliere, 1854. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this uncommon French volume on pathology. A first edition of this uncommon volume in which Louis Alfred Becquerel and A. Rodier apply their knowledge of pathology to practical medicine. Published in French.…
Oeuvres D&Apos;Horace Traduites En Francois, Avec Des Notes, Et Des Remarques Critiques Sur Tout L&Apos;Ouvrage: Dernier Edition, Avec L&Apos;Original Latin
Horace; M. Dacier [trans.] · 1691 · Rooke Books
£895.00 (€1,072.79 | $1,182.43 | ¥188,758)
Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1691. Leather. An early edition of this scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French, with the original Latin. A late 17th century translated collection of works from leading Roman lyric poet, Horace. In both French, with t…
Catalogue de Tableaux Anciens Par Van Beyeren, F. Boucher, J. De Bray, A. Brouwer, Jbs Chardin, Gonzales Coques, A. Cuyp, F. Desportes, A. Van Dyck, J. Fyt, Van Goyen, Franz Hals, J. Van Der Heyden, Hoppner, Hanson Van Ceulen, Sir Thomas Lawrence, A. Van Der Neer, Adriaan Van Ostade, Isack Van Ostade, Paulus Potter, Sir H. Raeburn, Rembrandt, Sir J. Reynolds, Ribera, G. Romney, P.P. Reubens, J. Ruisdael, S. Ruysdael, Jan Steen, D. Teniers le Jeune, Carle Van Loo, W. Van de Velde, Ph. Wouwerman,
1911 · Rooke Books
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)
Paris, Georges Petit, 1911. First edition. Paperback. A catalogue of prints reproduced from the collection of Maurice Kann, including works by Rembrandt, Reynolds and Reubens. The first edition of this work in the original paper wraps. Illuustrated with 82 black and white plates…
L&Apos;Heredite Des Stigmates de Degenerescence Et Les Familles Souveraines
Le De V. Galippe [Marie Louis Victor Galippe] · 1905 · Rooke Books
£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,472)
Paris, Masson, 1905 . First edition. Leather. A very smart copy of the first edition of Dr Galippe's work on the genetic deterioration of the Habsburg line. In the original French.The first edition of French microbiologist and physician Marie Louis Victor Galippe's wor…
Dictionnaire General Des Termes D&Apos;Architecture En Francais, Allemand, Anglais Et Italien
Daniel Ramee · 1868 · Rooke Books
£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)
Paris, C. Reinwald, 1868 . First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this French dictionary of architectural terms. In the original French. A first edition. Daniel Ramee's dictionary of architectural terms, attractively bound in half morocco. Daniel Ramee was born …
Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum
Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann and Karl Schmid · 1972 · Rooke Books
£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)
Zurich, Urs Graf-Verlag. Hardback. A stunning three volume set of this German history of plants, with lovely watercolour illustrations. Three volumes of Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum, or Conrad Gesner's History of Plants. The volumes are facsimile limited edition copi…
Paris Revolutionnaire; le Tribunal Revolutionnaire; Vielles Maisons Viewux Papiers
G. Lenotre [Theodore Gosselin] · 1906 · Rooke Books
£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)
Paris, Perrin et Cie, 1906-08. Leather. Three historical works on France by Theodore Gosselin in five volumes. Theodore Gosselin was a French historian and playwright who wrote under pseudonym G Lenotre. He contributed articles in Le Figaro, Revue des deux mondes, Le Monde ill…
Tout Droit
[Jeanne Schultz] · 1890 · Rooke Books
£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)
Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1890. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated French novel in striking Sotheran signed binding. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with vignettes in text by Edouard Ziel. In the original French. Written by the author of &…
Wasp-Waisted Arabella
John Bagley · 1936 · Rooke Books
£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.38 | ¥33,744)
London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1936. First edition. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this comical science fiction novel about immortality and the fountain of youth. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work.A comical novel, following the young Adolphus, who…
Something Fresh
P. G. Wodehouse · 1934 · Rooke Books
£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)
London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1934. Cloth. A smart reprint of the first of P. G. Wodehouse's novels to feature Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, uncommon to see reprints in dust wrappers.The firs…
Philosophie de L&Apos;Art
Hippolyte Taine · 1895 · Rooke Books
£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)
Paris, Librarie Hachette, 1895. Leather. The French thinker Hippolyte Taine muses on the philosophy of art in these attractive leather bound volumes. In these two attractive volumes, the French historian, critic, and philosopher Hippolyte Taine muses on the philosophy of art. Pu…
Catalogue Raisonne Des Impressions Elzeviriennes de la Bibliotheque Royale de Stockholm
G. Berghman · 1911 · Rooke Books
£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)
Stockholm and Paris, Nordisk Rotogravyer; Honore Champion, 1911 . First edition. Vellum. A vellum bound first edition copy of this French catalogue. A first edition copy.In the original French. Rebound with the original paper wraps bound inside. Rebound in half vellum. This vo…
Soft Jobs and Miracles
Marnie Pomeroy · 1969 · Rooke Books
£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)
Quebec, The Ladysmith Press, 1969. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition anthology of poems by Marnie Pomeroy, signed by the author. Limited edition to two hundred and sixty copies. A very scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. This copy inscribed a…
La Charite Privee a Paris
Maxime du Camp · 1885 · Rooke Books
£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)
Paris , Librairie Hachette et Cie , 1885. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Maxime du Camp's collections of essays on private charities in Paris. Discussing private charities in the city of Paris. The first edition, in the original French. Maxime du Camp was a F…
A Ramble by the Tone Reprinted with Additions from That Paper by Thomas Hugo
Thomas Hugo · 1862 · Rooke Books
£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)
Taunton, Fredk, 1862. Paperback. A scarce set of two letters by the tone to the editor of the Taunton Courier. Scarce work. Two letters by the tone to the editor of the Taunton Courier, following the trail of a ramble in the local area. The letters contain an observational and h…
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
Ellis Meredith · 1901 · Rooke Books
£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A scarce novel of fate by the suffragist Ellis Meredith, the first edition in the original decorative cloth. The scarce first edition.'The Master-Knot of Human Fate' follows two characters, Adam and Robin, …