Kunst

International Window Display Schaufensterkunst Etalages

Walter Herdeg · 1951 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this copiously illustrated international survey of the art of window display, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition.In publisher's original black cloth binding....

The Typographic Arts

Stanley Morison · 1944 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Edinburgh, James Thin, 1944 . First edition. Paperback. First edition of the significant lecture on typography from the prominent Stanley Morison, creator of the Times New Roman typeface. First edition.Publisher's original soft covers.Featuring numerous decorations by Joa...

English Decorative Fabrics of the 16th-18th Centuries

A. F. Kendrick · 1934 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Benfleet, Essex, F. Lewis Limited, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition on textile art of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, profusely illustrated with fifty-three plates. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.With a frontispie...

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Prehistoric Art; or the Origin of Art As Manifested in the Works of Prehistoric Man

Thomas Wilson · 1898 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Washington, Government Printing Office , 1898. First edition. Cloth. A thoroughly illustrated study of prehistoric art by U.S. museum curator Thomas Wilson. First edition. Uncommon. Bound in pebbled cloth, with paper title labels to the front board and spine.Illustrated with ...

The Drawings of Antoine Watteau

K. T. Parker · 1931 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.86 | $1,122.97 | ¥179,324)

London, B. T. Batsford, Ltd , 1931. First edition. Leather. A limited first edition catalogue of Antoine Watteau's drawings, handsomely bound in Art Deco-style morocco by H. T. Wood. First edition, limited to one thousand copies. In contemporary full signed morocco, deta...

Quincaillerie Et Serrurerie Pour Ameublement. Album No. 10.

None Stated · 1924 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris, Fournier, 1924 . Paperback. A Parisian trade catalogue from Fournier, richly illustrating the hardware, fittings, and decorative elements at the core of French furniture craftsmanship. In the publisher's original paper wraps.A large folio trade catalogue issued by ...

Darras Illustrated Furniture Trade Catalogue

None Stated · 1920 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Paris, Darras, c1920. Paperback. A profusely illustrated Parisian trade catalogue of upholstered seating issued by the manufacturer, Darras. In the publisher's original paper wraps.This copy is undated. Dated here c.1920s on the basis of the style, model naming convention...

Fabrique de Meubles En Tous Genres. Spãƒâ©Cialitãƒâ©S Pour Enfants.

None Stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

Tonnerre, Chantiers & Ateliers de Bourgogne, c1905. Paperback. A scarce French trade catalogue illustrating children"s furniture design from a major Burgundy manufacturer. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps.This copy is undated. Dated here c1905, indicated ...

The Architect&Apos;S Guide; or, Office and Pocket Companion

W. Davis Haskell; R. W. Billings; Fred Rogers; P. Thompson; The Late Gorge Rennie · 1869 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

London, Atchley & Co. Architectural and Engfinooering Publishers, 1869. Cloth. An incredibly scarce pocket-guide to a variety of architectural processes and calculations, building on the work of George Rennie. An incredibly scarce architectural title, in original cloth binding...

Costumes Anciens Et Modernes; or, Habiti Antichi Et Moderni by Cesare Vecellio

Cesare Vecellio; Firmin Didot · 1859 · Rooke Books

£129.00 (€154.63 | $170.43 | ¥27,215)

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1859; 1860. Leather. Decorative bilingual French and Italian edition of Vecellio's popular collection on historical costumes from around the world, featuring over two hundred full-page illustrations. Fourth edition. In bilingual French and Italian.Com...

The Analysis of Beauty Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste; Rules for Drawing Caricatures: With an Essay on Comic Painting

William Hogarth; Francis Grose · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

London, Samuel Bagster, c1810. Hardback. William Hogarth's theories of visual beauty, together with Francis Grose's essay on comic painting. Bound in are two large beautifully engraved plates. Comprising two works in one: William Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty and...

The Ladies Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance Vol. 8 (Bound Together with November 1846 Issue, Vol. 6)

None Stated · 1846 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, E. Henderson, 1846-1847. First edition. Leather. A scarce volume of this illustrated Victorian ladies magazine, with charming hand-coloured plates. First edition.Comprising July-December 1847 (completing Volume 8 of the New Series), followed by November 1846 bound-in t...

Pencil Sketch Book

Anonymous · 1832 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.37 | ¥68,565)

Not Stated, None, 1832 . Leather. A charming illustrated sketch book, featuring thirty-one delightful pencil illustrations of English landscapes in 1832. A wonderful illustrated anonymously produced 19th century sketch book, with the pencil date of 1832 to the pastedowns.Consi...

The Habitations of Man in All Ages

Eugene Viollet-le-Duc; Benjamin Bucknall [trans] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1876 . First edition. Cloth. A smart illustrated copy of this account of domestic architecture across cultures, translated into English. The first edition of this English translation.A smart copy, in publisher's original...

Sketch Book

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Not Stated, None, c1870 . Cloth. A truly delightful illustrated sketch book, featuring fifteen charming pencil illustrations of mountainous landscapes. A wonderful anonymously illustrated 19th century sketch book.Consisting of forty-four pages, with landscape pencil illustrati...

Manet Aquafortiste Et Lithographe

Leon Rosenthal · 1925 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Paris, Le Goupy, 1925. Paperback. An uncommon limited edition copy of this illustrated work, in original paper wraps. An uncommon limited edition copy of this work - an analysis of the characteristics of Manet's work, by French art historian Leon Rosenthal.Bound in origin...

Historic Portraits of the Court of Henry VIII

Anonymous · 1877 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, 1877 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of the first volume of this publication of the portraits Hans Holbein made in the court of Henry VIII, with these portraits reproduced as autotypes. Volume I ...

Raccolta E Paralello Delle Fabbriche Classiche

Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand; Jacques-Guillaume Legrand · 1833 · Rooke Books

£1,850.00 (€2,217.52 | $2,444.11 | ¥390,293)

Venezia [Venice], Giuseppe Antonelli, 1833 . First edition. Leather. Strikingly illustrated with over 260 engraved plates, this is the first bilingual edition of Durand and Legrand's impressive study of European architecture. The first edition of this work to be published...

Histoire Des Enseignes de Paris

Edouard Fournier · 1884 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Paris, E. Dentu , 1884. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of Edouard Fournier"s last work, The History of Signs of Paris, an insightful history from the iconic French city. The first edition of Histoire de Enseignes de Paris (History of Signs of Paris) by French play...

Adventure by Sea from Art of Old Time

Basil Lubbock; John Masefield [Preface]; Geoffrey Holme [Ed] · 1925 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, The Studio Limited, 1925. Leather. A limited, Studio-produced edition of Lubbock"s richly illustrated history of seafaring and naval adventure in the age of sail, complete with 115 plates including 22 in colour. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. This copy is a...