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Jacobus Androuetius Du Cereau Lectoribus

Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau · 0 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

[Paris], [E. Baldus], c1879. Cloth. A facsimile edition of the architectural Renaissance works of Jacques du Cerceau, illustrated and complete with sixty-two plates. A sought after facsimile of the original work.Illustrated with sixty-two loose plates as called for. Remarkabl...

The Royal Album of London Views, with Map and Index

Anonymous · 0 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, F. P. & S. c1890. Cloth. A fantastic collection of engravings depicting London at the turn of the twentieth century. Includes beautiful panoramic engravings of places known and loved by a modern audience, such as the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Pal...

Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music, Painting, and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness.

James Harris · 1744 · Rooke Books

£425.00 (€509.42 | $561.45 | ¥89,657)

London, H. Woodfall, 1744. First edition. Leather. Three intellectual treatises written by James Harris, illuminating important artistic subjects during the Enlightenment, the first edition of this work. The first edition of this work.ESTC citation number T70375.Rebound in a m...

Br 30

Tony Appleton · 1979 · Rooke Books

£500.00 (€599.32 | $660.53 | ¥105,478)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1979. Paperback. A very scarce first edition of this work celebrating the typographical works of Bruce Rogers. A limited edition work, limited to one-hundred copies, of which this is numbered seventy-three.Signed by the compiler to Allen Freer to the li...

The Ladies&Apos; Pocket Magazine

Various · 1825 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, J. Robins and Co, 1825. First edition. Paperback. A unique work, a run of the 1825 'Ladies' Pocket Magazine' periodical, a charming fashionable work illustrated with beautiful colour fashion plates. A scarce work.In thirteen volumes, being numbers 1-2, 4...

English Barometers 1680-1860 a History of Domestic Barometers and Their Makers

Nicholas Goodison · 1969 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Cassell, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this charming history of the English barometers, illustrated in colour throughout. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A charming look into the history of barometers in Engl...

Ariadne Florentina [with] a Joy for Ever

John Ruskin · 1891 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, George Allen, 1891-95. Cloth. Two, uniformly bound, lecture series by the noted art critic and scholar, John Ruskin. The second edition of both works, which are in a very bright condition. Both volumes are in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Ruskin was the...

Carpet Designs and Designing

Frederick J. Mayers · 1934 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

Essex, F. Lewis, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition guide to the artistry of designing carpets. An interesting and unique handbook of practical and technical instruction on designing carpets in terms of both art work and industrial design. With a focus on the art seld...

Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc. As Applicable to Landscape Painting

Samuel Prout · 1838 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Ackermann and Co, 1838. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Samuel Prout's instructional work discussing light, shadow, and composition, and how artists can use techniques in their drawings. Illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work. This is an...

Catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon

Loys Delteil; Harold J. L. Wright · 1924 · Rooke Books

£160.00 (€191.78 | $211.37 | ¥33,753)

New York, Winifred Porter Truesdell, 1924. Cloth. A collection of etchings by the pioneering French etcher Charles Meryon, profusely illustrated throughout, written by Loys Delteil and translated and edited by Harold Wright. This work is a catalogue of etchings by the French a...

The Kafirs Illustrated a Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-Coloured Lithographs with a New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow

George French Angas · 1974 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Cape Town; Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, 1974. Hardback. A lavish and scarce facsimile of this nineteenth travel work, featuring the artwork of George French Angas. With a new introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. A facsimile reprint of the original 1849 edition, with reproductions of ...

A Book of Sporting Painters a Companion Volume of New Research to British Sporting Artists and "Angling in British Art

Walter Shaw Sparrow · 1931 · Rooke Books

£155.00 (€185.79 | $204.76 | ¥32,698)

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931. Cloth. A scarce first limited edition copy of this profusely illustrated work on sporting painters by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Walter Shaw Sparrow was a notable Welsh writer on art and architecture with a special interest in British sportin...

Old Glasgow Weavers: Being Records of the Incorporation of Weavers

Deacon Robt. D. M'Ewan · 1916 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

Glasgow, Carson & Nicol, Limited, 1916. Cloth. A charming volume presenting the record of the Incorporation of Weavers in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Illustrated with 8 plates, 3 of which are folding plates. With the records of the incorporation of Weavers in Glasgow. In a f...

John N. Rhodes a Yorkshire Painter 1809 - 1842

William H. Thorp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, limited edition copy of 'John N. Rhodes A Yorkshire Painter 1809-1842', copiously illustrated with the artist's work. Within this text, William H. Thorp attempts to unravel the life of John N. Rhod...

John N. Rhodes a Yorkshire Painter 1809 - 1842

William H. Thorp · 1904 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1904. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, limited edition copy of 'John N. Rhodes A Yorkshire Painter 1809-1842', copiously illustrated with the artist's work. Within this text, William H. Thorp attempts to unravel the life of John N. Rhod...

Westminster Abbey

William Loftie · 1890 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Seeley and Co, 1890. Cloth. A fully illustrated history to Westminster Abbey, written by the clergyman William Loftie, and illustrated by Herbert Railton. William Loftie was a clergyman, who wrote extensively about the history of London and architecture. After working ...

Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate Illustrated with Revised Tables of Annual Date Letters Employed in the Assay Offices of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and a Fac-Simile of a Copper-Plate of Makers Marks at Goldsmith&Apos;S Hall. To Which Is Now Added, a History of L&Apos;Orfevrerie Francaise, with Extracts from the Statutes, Ordinances, &C. , and Twelve Plates of French Hall Marks. By William Chaffers Author of "Marks and Monograms of Pottery and Porcelain," "the Keramic Gallery," "the Colle

William Chaffers · 1896 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Reeves and Turner, 1896. Cloth. A charming eighth edition of William Chaffers' 'Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate', a comprehensive guide complete with illustrations and a folding reference chart of hallmarks. Complete with an introductory essay by Chr...

Alphabet de la Brodeuse Lettres, Chiffres, Monogrammes Et Ornements a Points Comptes

Various · 1927 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Mulhouse, Th. De Dillmont, c1900. Hardback. A comprehensive and fascinating work on embroidery. Undated, dated using inscription to front pastedown. A lovely work, in the original French. Illustrated throughout, with many examples of various embroidery techniques. Issued as a ...

Reynolds Stone Engravings

Reynolds Stone [intro. Kenneth Clark] · 1977 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, John Murray, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first complete collection of the prestigious engravings of Reynolds Stone, whose artwork is recognisable on bank notes and postage stamps among other mediums. The first editions of Reynolds Stone Engravings, being the first ...

My Wood Fires and Their Story: Showing the Beauty and Use of the Wood Fire

William Robinson · 1917 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Country Life, 1917. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a charming work on the great value of wood fires for heating our homes, written by a renowned populariser of the woodland garden. The first edition of My Wood Fires and their Story showing the Beauty and Us...