Art & Architecture

We have a wide and varied collection of books on all forms of Art and Architecture, encompassing Engineering, Design, Furniture and Fashion. Many with fantastic plates and some real rarities included.

1878 Etchings by the Late William Makepeace Thackeray While at Cambridge
London: 1878

A volume of etchings drawn by Thackeray whilst he was at school in Cambridge, the first edition.

£49.00

Stock Code: 924P39

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1847 Gallery to Shakspeare's Dramatic Works
Leipsig; London: 1847

The first edition of this series of plates by Moritz Retzsch, showcasing eight of Shakespeare's plates.

£95.00

Stock Code: 912P20

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1910 Shakespeare's Birthplace Catalogue
Stratford-Upon-Avon: 1910

An illustrated first edition of this catalogue documenting the works and antiquities on exhibition in Shakespeare's Birthplace.

£70.00

Stock Code: 875Z14

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1865 The Cornhill Gallery
London: 1865

An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine.

£120.00

Stock Code: 811A76

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1786 Anecdotes of Painting in England
London: 1786

A leather bound memoirs of Georgian society and art in Britain, composed by Horace Walpole from the notebooks of John Vertue.

£800.00

Stock Code: 773R60

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1817 The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain
London: 1817-1832

An exceptional association copy of C A Stothard's important twelve part work on British effigies. From the library of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with an inscription from his supporter and admirer, John Ruskin.

£12,500.00

Stock Code: 729L8

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