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Beat Fidele Antoine Jean Dominique de La Tour-Chatillon de Zurlauben, Le Baron de Zurlauben · 1780 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.63 | $237.78 | ¥37,976)

Paris, L'Imprimerie de Clousier, 1780 . Leather. The first volume only of the Baron de Zurlauben's impressive five volume artistic study of Swiss history, bound without plates. In the original French. The first volume only of the first edition of a five volume work, ...

La Peinture Anglaise Au Xviiime Siecle

Tancred Borenius; Marie Canavaggia [trans] · 1938 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

Paris , Editions Hyperion, [1938]. Paperback. Large paper French volume dedicated to English painting of the eighteenth century, by Tancred Borenius. French edition, translated from the English of Borenius Tancred by Marie Canavaggia. A fascinating study of English paintings o...

La Ferronnerie Franciase Aux XVII Et XVIII Siecles: Appuis, Balcons, Devantures, Enseignes, Grilles, Rampes, Consoles, Clefs, Serrures, Marteaux, Mobilier

1908 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.60 | $257.60 | ¥41,140)

Paris, Vve Charles Schmid, [1908]. Cloth. The scarce large paper study of French ironwork in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Dated via Jisc. A scarce work, rarely seen in commerce. Third series in 'Decoration Ancienne' series dedicated to ancient decorative a...

Legends of the Monastic Orders and Sacred and Legendary Art

Mrs Jameson · 1880 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.42 | $369.88 | ¥59,073)

London , Longmans, Green and Co. 1880-1883. Leather. Three art historical works by Anna Jameson, with illustrations. Three volumes of work by Mrs Jameson, being Legends of the Monastic Orders and the two volumes of Sacred and Legendary Art. Anna Jameson was an Anglo-Irish art...

Die Niederlandischen Zeichner Des 17. Jahrhunderts

Walther Bernt · 1958 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.92 | $52.84 | ¥8,439)

Munchen, F Bruckmann, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Large paper volume concerned with the Dutch draftsmen of the seventeenth century, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. Volume II of five only looking at Dutch painters and draftsmen from the seventeenth century. Featu...

Portraits Et Silhouettes

Honore de Balzac · 1945 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.70 | $191.55 | ¥30,592)

Paris, Se Trouve a Paris, 1945. Paperback. A limited edition collection of scattered scenes, illustrated throughout in colour. In the original French language. French language. Scarce work. Limited edition. Number 133 of 750 copies printed on rag paper. Illustrated with twenty...

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

Lucas Cranach · 1884 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.93 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

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 (€11,679.82 | $12,879.81 | ¥2,057,021)

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...

The English Print 1688-1802

Timothy Clayton · 1997 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.50 | $317.04 | ¥50,634)

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...

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 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

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 (€143.75 | $158.52 | ¥25,317)

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...

The Smaller English House 1500-1939

Reginald Turnor · 1952 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

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...

Memory and Modernity: Viollet-le-Duc at Vezelay

Kevin D. Murphy · 2000 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000. Cloth. A highly illustrated study of the work of Eugene Viollet-le-Duc, review copy. Scarce work. Illustrated highly with frontispiece and fifty-three images, many of which are full page. Collated complete. A detaile...

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

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

£55.00 (€65.89 | $72.66 | ¥11,604)

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...

A History of Architecture in All Countries, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Volume II

James Fergusson; R. Phene Spiers [ed.] · 1893 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Murray, 1893. Leather. A third edition copy of volume II of Fergusson's beautifully illustrated five volume set on the history of architecture. The third edition of volume II of this work in a quarter morocco binding, with renewed end papers. Volume II of a f...

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 (€117.40 | $129.46 | ¥20,676)

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...

A House for the Suburbs

Thomas Morris · 1870 · Rooke Books

£210.00 (€251.57 | $277.41 | ¥44,305)

London , Simpkin Marshall & Co, 1870 . Cloth. A third edition copy of A House for the Suburbs, with folding plates. A third edition copy. A House for the Suburbs is written by Thomas Morris and is a guide for the building of a house in the suburbs with social ad architectural...

Anglican Church Architecture with Some Remarks on Ecclesiastical Furniture

James Barr · 1842 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.50 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Oxford, John Henry Parker , 1842. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating architectural work with illustrations. A first edition copy. Anglican Church Architecture with Some Remarks on Ecclesiastical Furniture is written by James Barr and explores the a...

A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England

Ayliffe Poole · 1848 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.48 | $76.62 | ¥12,237)

London , Joseph Masters, 1848. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of A History of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England by Ayliffe Poole. A first edition copy. This architectural study explores the ecclesiastical architecture of the Anglo-Roman, Mythical, Saxon and N...

Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, Especially of Italy

Robert Willis · 1835 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

Cambridge, j. & J. J. Deighton , 1835. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy. Missing the title page. Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy is by Robert Willis. The obser...