Kunst

A Cabinet of Portraits Consisting of Distinguished Characters, British and Foreign: Accompanied with a Brief Memoir of Each Person

Anonymous · 1823 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

London, William Darton, 1823. Leather. A scarce edition of this collection of portraits of noted historical figures. An attractive volume, in a handsome calf binding. Anonymously published, this scarce work is is profusely illustrated With 64 plates, including portraits of Sir...

Printing Design and Layout the Manual for Printers, Typographers and All Designers and Users of Printing and Advertising

Vincent Steer · 0 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.47 | ¥14,766)

London, Virtue and Company, c1945. Cloth. An important typographical work on the art of printing and graphic design from Vincent Steer. Second edition. With many vignette illustrations throughout, and red-and-black illustrations to the rear. Vincent Steer was a compositor note...

The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

John Burnet, F.R.S · 1842 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.89 | ¥18,985)

London , James Carpenter, 1842. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated collection of fifteen discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, with twelve black and white plates. First edition. Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in por...

The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Christopher Wood · 1991 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Suffolk, Antique Collectors Club Ltd. 1991. Cloth. An uncommon edition of The Dictionary of Victorian Painters, volume IV of the 'Dictionary of British Art' series. Written by Christopher Wood, this exhaustive catalogue lists artists alphabetically, and contains info...

A Vision of Dartmoor

F. J. Widgery · 1988 · Rooke Books

£49.90 (€59.81 | $65.92 | ¥10,527)

London , Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1988. First edition. Cloth. An artistic exploration into the scenic moorland of Dartmoor. First edition. With paintings by F. J. Widgery, dated 1861 - 1942. As well as an introduction by C. Jane Baker. In original cloth binding with original uncli...

South Kensington Museum Art Handbook Ivories

William Maskell · 1876 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1876. Cloth. A lovely volume from the Victorian 'South Kensington Museum Art Handbook' series (presently the Victoria and Albert Museum). This installment, from William Maskell, covers the fundamentals of the study of ivory sculpture. Replete ...

The Manchester Whitworth Institute: Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Watercolour Drawings by Deceased Artists

Cosmo Monkhouse · 1894 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

Manchester , Whitworth Institute, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A well-illustrated catalogue of the watercolours owned by the Manchester Whitworth Institute. First Edition. Featuring 23 illustrated plates. 'Edited and with an introduction by Cosmo Monkhouse&apos. 'With...

Scrapbook

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

N/A, N/A, c1900. Cloth. An unusual scrapbook of art depicting religious and provincial scenes. Various colour illustrated plates of animals such as hares, deer and pheasant as well as scenes of children playing, flowers, insects, young lovers, port scenes and many pictures of ...

Ceramics of the Twentieth Century

Tamara Preaud and Serge Gauthier · 1982 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London , Phaidon-Christie's, 1982. Cloth. A first English edition of Preaud and Gauthier's Ceramics of the Twentieth Century. With 347 illustrations, 85 in colour. As written in the preface, "Ceramics of the Twentieth Century is a beautifully illustrated survey of th...

French Prints of the 20th Century

Roger Passeron · 1970 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London , Pall Mall Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this guide to French prints, with information on influential French artists. Containing information on the techniques used, and studies of specific paintings, includuing Matisse's Odaliqsue...

Art Treasures for America an Anthology of Paintings and Sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection

John Walker; Guy Emerson; Charles Seymour Jr · 1863 · Rooke Books

£36.99 (€44.34 | $48.87 | ¥7,804)

London, Phaidon Press LTD, 191. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this anthology of art from the Samuel H. Kress collection. One of the most important art collections in America, which contains over a thousand paintings and sculptures by masters from Italy, Spain, Franc...

Master Drawings from the Collection of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts 14th-18th Centuries

Lajo Vayer · 1957 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of drawing reproductions from the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and nine plates. Including works from William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, Rembr...

Passion: Paintings, Drawings and Studies, 1998 - 2005

Fletcher J. Sidthorp · 2005 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

Edlesborough , Buckingham Fine Art Publishers, 2005. Cloth. A delightful copy of this nicely presented artistic anthology featuring the artwork of Fletcher Sibthorp. With original slipcase, and ribbon pull. Fletcher Sibthorp is a specialist in dance and figurative art, being o...

International Fine Arts Exhibition Rome 1911 Souvenir of the British Section

Sir Isidore Spielmann · 1911 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,865)

London, Issued Under the Auspices of the Board of Trade, 1911. Cloth. 'A Souvenir of the British Section' from the International Fine Arts Exhibition Rome 1911. Compiled by Sir Isidore Spielmann, Director for Art, Exhibition Branch, Board of Trade Commissioner-Genera...

Collection Baron Albert Oppenheim, Coln Erste Abteilung: Gemalde

Emile Molinier · 1914 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Berlin , Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, c1914. First edition. Cloth. A sumptuously illustrated edition of the Rudolph Lepke auction catalogue for Oppenheim's collection of Old Masters. Originally dated 1914 (First Edition), but with amendments laid down over th...

Les Mures Et la Caricature En Allemagne, En Autriche, En Suisse

J Grand-Carteret · 1885 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

Paris, Hinrichsen, 1885. Leather. A beautiful publication comparing German, Austrian, and Swiss caricature. A beautiful publication comparing German, Austrian, and Swiss caricature. A very scarce copy. With three colour plates, twenty plates, and 314 illustrations. John Grand-...

Les Anglais Peints Par Eux-Mmes

M Kenny Meadous (ed) · 1840 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.86 | ¥48,523)

Paris, L Curmer, 1840. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first French edition set of this work regarding English painters and prints, complete in two volumes. An uncommon, first French edition set of English painters and prints. With one-hundred plates and numerous illustrat...

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Hans Henrik Brummer · 1989 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Mora, Zornsamlingarna, 1989. Hardback. A Swedish-language book analysing the life and work of Anders Zorn, with a signed insert by the author Hans Henrik Brummer. One of Sweden's foremost artists, Zorn is particularly renowned there and has several museums dedicated to hi...

Maufra, Peintre Et Graveur

Victor-Emile Michelet · 1908 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥116,033)

Paris, Floury, 1908. Hardback. A review of the work of the early 20th century French painter, etcher, and lithographer. A review of the work of the early 20th century French painter, etcher, and lithographer. Maufra did not become a full time painter until 1890, having discove...

La Revolution Surrealiste

Various · 1975 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.68 | ¥51,687)

Paris, Editions Jean Michel Place, 1975. Cloth. A handsome copy of La Revolution Surrealiste, in the original dust wrapper. A facsimile of the daring publication from the surrealist painters of the early twentieth century. A handsome uncommon copy of the La Revolution Surreali...