Kunst

The Watercolours of Ireland.

Anne Crookshank and the Knight of Glin · 1994 · Rooke Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London , Barrie & Jenkins, 1994. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this essential reference work depicting the visual delights of Ireland. Includes works on paper in pencil, pastel and print from 1600 to 1914. Numerous colour illustrations and plates throughout. Contain...

Turner&Apos;S Rivers of France

J. M. W. Turner, Leitch Ritchie, John Ruskin and Alaric A. Watts · 0 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London , The London Printing and Publishing Company, c1880. Cloth. A study of the rivers of France, as painted by Turner. With an introduction by John Ruskin and steel engravings selected from the originals of J. M. W. Turner. Described by Leitch Ritchie, and with a biography ...

A Dictionary of Painters from the Revival of the Art to the Present Period

M . Pilkington; revised by Henry Fuseli · 1810 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,413)

London , J. Walker et al. 1810. Cloth. Fuseli's biographical dictionary of artists and painters. A new edition with considerable additions, an appendix, and an index. Including entries on Stephen Elmer, Albery Meyering, Lorenzo Lotto, and many others. Bookplate of Colston...

The Connoisseur, an Illustrated Magazine for Collectors Vol. XXXVIII and Vol. CCVIII

J. T. Herbert Baily · 1914 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,437)

London , Otto limited, 1914-1920. Cloth. Two scarce volumes of The Connoisseur, An Illustrated Magazine For Collectors. Vol. XXXVIII (January - April, 1914) and Vol. LVIII (September - December, 1920) With numerous illustrations, some of which are in colour. The original Conno...

Landscape

Philip Gilbert Hamerton · 1885 · Rooke Books

£420.00 (€503.44 | $554.88 | ¥88,607)

London , Seeley and Co, 1885. First edition. Cloth. A limited edition Large Paper edition 346/500 numbered copies in a paper vellum binding of Landscape by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, which traces the influence of landscape upon the mind of man. With original etchings and many il...

The Art of the French Book

Andre Lejard · 0 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Paul Elek, c1947. First edition. Cloth. A first edition volume on the art of French books, edited by Andre Lejard. With and introduction by Philip James, director of art at The Arts Council of Great Britain, the work deals with volumes from early manuscripts up until t...

The Work of Charles Keene; with an Introduction and Comments on the Drawings Illustrating the Artist&Apos;S Methods

Ioseph Pennel · 1897 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London, T. FIsher Unwin And Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. 1897. Cloth. A collection of 134 reproductions of the British artist's works, with an introduction and commentary. Keene has been called 'the artist's artist'; he had no formal training. Instead he found hi...

Advanced (Third Grade) Perspective: Comprising Angular and Oblique Perspective, Shadows and Reflections. Specially Prepared for the Use of Art Students. In Two Volumes

Henry James Dennis · 1896 · Rooke Books

£198.00 (€237.33 | $261.59 | ¥41,772)

London , Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, 1896. Cloth. A scarce late Victorian technical drawing manual for art students, concerning perspective. The seventh edition. Volume I concerns 'Angular and Oblique Perspective', and Volume II 'Shadows and Reflections&apos. F...

Water-Colour Painting in Britain

Martin Hardie · 1968 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1968. Cloth. A study of Victorian watercolours from Martin Hardie. Edited by Dudley Snelgrove with Jonathan Mayne and Basil Taylor. With coloured frontispiece and numerous other plates and illustrations throughout. In a cloth binding with Brodart dustwr...

Catalogue of the Mr. And Mrs. Jack R. Dick Collection of English Sporting and Conversation Paintings Part One Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Sotheby & Co. Day of Sale, Wednesday, 31st October, 1973, at Nine-Thirty P. M

None · 1973 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.02 | ¥5,272)

New York, Sotheby Park Bernet Inc, 1973. Hardback. This is a sale catalogue, describing the paintings up for auction by Sotheby and Co from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dick of sporting and conversation paintings. Sotheby's is the world's second oldest inte...

Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition of a Collection of Silversmiths&Apos; Works of European Origin

Burlington Fine Arts Club · 1901 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1901. Cloth. A large volume published by the Burlington Fine Arts Club, containing examples of the works of silversmiths from across the world. Illustrated throughout with one hundred and twenty photographic plates. The Burlington Fine Arts C...

Histoire de la Ceramique: Etude Descriptive Et Raisonne Des Poteries de Tous Les Temps Et de Tous Les Peuples

Albert Jacquemart · 1873 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Paris, Hachette, 1873. Leather. A beautiful copy of Jacquemart's illustrated research on the history of ceramics. A beautiful copy of Jacquemart's research on ceramics. With 12 plates, 200 figures, and 1000 illustrations. A scholar of ancient Babylonian, Egyptian, Gr...

Bacchanales

Nicos Nicolaidis · 1996 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,236)

Paris, Elyette Peyre, 1996. Cloth. An excellent and scarce proof copy of this collection of lithographs by artist Hastaire, a limited, signed edition. This is a scarce proof copy of this collection of lithographs by artist Hastaire. One of 115 limited edition copies signed by ...

Die Niederlandischen Maler Des 17. Jahrhunderts

Walther Bernt · 1948 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.28 | ¥52,742)

Munich , Bisher F. Bruckmann, 1948. Cloth. A German language, three volume set of catalogues focussing on the Flemish artists of the Seventeenth Century. Arranged alphabetically, and containing 1042 monochrome reproductions of various pieces over the three volumes included, th...

L&Apos;Arte Della Legatura Alla Corte Degli Estensi

G. Fumagalli · 1913 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.13 | ¥61,181)

Firenze, Libreria Antiquaria T. de Marinis, 1913. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of book binding. An illustrated work on the art of book binding. In Italian. Illustrated throughout with many tissue-guarded plates. Covering the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. With a...

Die Kunst Der Stadt Rom

Leo Bruhns · 1972 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.26 | ¥12,656)

Germany, Leo Bruhns, 1972. Cloth. A scarce and well kept German edition of the art of the city of Rome from Leo Bruhn. The book traces art through the age of Augustus to Salier and Stauffer and through Classicism and Romanticism. Includes four hundred and sixty black and white...

Cuadernos de Arte: Jerez Y Los Puertos and la Ruta de Colon Y Las Torres Del Condado de Niebla

Jose Hernandez Diaz and Antonio Sancho Corbacho · 1946 · Rooke Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Madrid, Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, 1946-1947. Leather. A two volume set of works on art. Printed in Spanish and English. With 174 plates. Jose Hernandez Diaz was a professor of art history at the University of Seville who focused his research on the Baroque Sevillian. Ant...

Joao Penalva: Works with Text and Images

Various [inc. Rachel Withers, Bruno Marchand, Joao Nisa] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Lisbon/Odense, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Lisboa & Kunsthallen Brandts, 2011. First edition. Paperback. The signed first edition of an illustrated catalogue celebrating the work of award-winning Portuguese conceptual artist Joao Penalva, with his work often focusing on memor...

Sean Landers: 1990-1995 an Improbable History

Various [Eds. by Paul Ha, Cynthia Daignault, Michelle Reyes Landers] · 2011 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

New York, JRP-Ringier, 2011. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an illustrative catalogue of a humorous and confessional exhibition by American conceptual artist Sean Landers, displaying a variety of artistic mediums throughout. The first edition of Sean Landers: 1990-...

Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula

Fady Jameel [ed]; et al. · 2015 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,337)

London, Edward Booth-Clibborn, 2015. Hardback. An abundantly illustrated copy of this work depicting the many sculptures found in the city of Jeddah. A scarce work.In the original bronze hardback binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part of the Booth-Clibborn edit...