Kunst

The Beauties of the Court of King Charles the Second; a Series of Portraits, Illustrating the Diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon, and Other Contemporary Writers. With Memoirs Biographical and Critical.

Mrs. Jameson; Anna Brownell Murphy · 1833 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Henry Colburn; Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this richly illustrated study on the beautiful women who were at the court of King Charles II, including some of his mistresses. The first edition.A striking series of portraits showing ...

Ancient English Houses 1240-1612

Christopher Simon Sykes · 1988 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1988. First edition. Cloth. Christopher Simons Sykes's chronicle of English architecture from the thirteenth century, bright first edition. Study of English homes from 1240 to 1612 by Christopher Simon Sykes. The first edition of this work. Lavis...

The Work of Grinling Gibbons

Geoffrey Beard · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Murray, 1989. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Geoffrey Beard's book dedicated to the career of Grinling Gibbons, a bright copy. The first edition of this work. A pictorial study of the work of Grinling Gibbons, an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood car...

Milton Avery: The Late Paintings

Robert Hobbs · 2001 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Not Stated , Harry N Abrams, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this book dedicated to the late paintings of Milton Avery. Celebrative of American modern painter Milton Avery's art, particularly his late paintings from 1947 to 1963 which stand at the "c...

A Book of Porcelain Fine Examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum

Bernard Rackham · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London , Adam and Charles Black , 1910. First edition. Cloth. A smart book of fine porcelain examples, with colour illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume details fine examples of porcelain from the Victorian and Albert museum collection, with examples of Chinese, Ja...

It Never Dies

John Farleigh · 1946 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Sylvan Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work on the arts by wood-engraver John Farleigh. John Farleigh was an English wood-engraver who is known for illustrating George Bernard Shaw's The Adventures of the Black Girl in Search for Go...

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

Thierry-Maxime Loriot · 2011 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Abrams, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2011. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this colourful look at the fashion creations of pioneering Jean Paul Gaultier. The first edition.In the original slipcase, in a very good indeed condition.A lavishly illustrated ode t...

Half Past Autumn a Retrospective

Philip Brookman · 1998 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.77 | $231.20 | ¥36,920)

Boston; New York; Toronto; London, Bulfinch Press; Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Paperback. A presentation copy of this beautiful study on the photography of Gordon Parks, a colourfully illustrated volume inscribed by Parks to Malcolm Rogers. Signed by Gordon Parks to the h...

Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography

Todd Brandow; William A. Ewing · 2007 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Minneapolis; Lausanne, FEP [Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography]; Musee de I'Elysee, 2007 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful celebration of one of the most influential names in the history of photography, with hundreds of Edward Steichen's photographs repro...

IL Castello Sforzesco Di Milano

Gian Guido Belloni · 1966 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Milano, Bramante Editrice, 1966. Cloth. A detailed illustrated guide to the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, written in the original Italian language. Italian language. Illustrated with two hundred and thirty-five images, many of which are in colour. A detailed guide to the Castel...

Campionario Caratteri

- · 1986 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Milan, Leschiera, 1986. Hardback. A scarce volume of font samples, found in the original slipcase. A scarce volume of font samples published by Leschiera. After some interesting photographs, readers can find approximately three hundred pages of typescript fonts. In the publish...

Die Kamme Aller Zeiten Von Der Steinzeit Bis Zur Gegenwart; the Combs of All Times, from the Stone Age to the Present Day; le Peigne a Travers Les Ages

Frederick Winter · 1906 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Leipzig, H. A. Ludwig Degener, 1906 . First edition. Cloth. The uncommon first edition of Frederick Winter's richly illustrated study of the design of hair combs from the stone age to the modern day. With parallel text in English, German, and French.An uncommon first edit...

Precis D&Apos;Histoire de L&Apos;Art

C. Bayet · 1908 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Alcide Picard, 1908. Leather. A smart, leather bound copy of Precis D'Histoire de L'Art, with illustrations. In the original French. A new edition copy. This volume is a precise history of art indented as an introduction to the field. The volume discusses an...

La Tour Der Pastellmaler Ludwigs XV

Maurice Quentin de la Tour; Hermann Erhard [ed] · 1918 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Munich Bapaume, Korpsverlagbuchh, 1918. Hardback. Exploring the pastel work of Maurice Quentin de La Tour through descriptive texts and reproductions of his works of art. The second edition of this work. In the original German. From the 'Franzosische Kunst' series. W...

700 Reproductions D&Apos;Estampes Pour Servir de Complement Au Manuel de L&Apos;Amateur D&Apos;Estampes

Loys Delteil · 1926 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

Paris, Dorbon-Aine, 1926. Cloth. A scarce complete two volume set of reproductions of prints from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in the French language. French language. Two volumes. Scarce work. A collection of seven hundred reproductions of prints from the nineteent...

De Pictura Veterum Libri Tres

Francisci Junii [Franciscus Junuis the Younger]; J.G. Graevius [ed.] · 1694 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.13 | $858.74 | ¥137,130)

Roterodami [Rotterdam], Typis Regneri Leers, 1694. Leather. The second edition of Franciscus Junius's treatise on the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In the original Latin.First published in 1637, this second edition was greatly expanded and enlarged, with an added ...

Le Portrait Florentin de Botticelli a Bronzino

Jean Alazard · 1924 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Paris, Henri Laurens, 1924. First edition. Leather. A first edition copy of this volume on Botticelli and Bronzino, in the original French. A first edition copy. In the original French. This volume is a Florentine Portrait by Botticelli and Bronzino written by Jean Alazard.Â...

Notes on Some of the Principal Pictures Exhibited in the Rooms of the Royal Academy 1875

John Ruskin · 1875 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Kent, George Allen , 1875. Brochure/Pamphlet. A first edition copy of this art pamphlet by critic John Ruskin. A first edition pamphlet. John Ruskin was an English writer and art critic who defended the work of J.M.W Turner and argued for the concept of 'truth to nature....

La Religieuse

Denis Diderot · 1947 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

Paris, Pierre Larrive, 1947. First edition. Paperback. A limited edition copy of La Religieuse, with colour illustrations. A limited edition copy. This volume contains La Religieuse by Denis Diderot with illustrations by Paul Emile Becat. Paul Emile Becat was a French painte...

Catalogue de Beaux Tableaux Anciens, Dont Plusieurs Provenant de Collections Celebres

Paul Chevallier; Eugene Feral · 1891 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, Privately printed, 1891. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce catalogue of fine old paintings, many from famous collections, from an auction at Hotel Drouot in Paris in 1891. The first edition of this very scarce work in the original paper wraps. A catalogue of fine ...