Null BELIDOR (Bernard Forest de). Architecture hydraulique ou l'art de conduite,…

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BELIDOR (Bernard Forest de). Architecture hydraulique ou l'art de conduite, d'élever et de ménager les eaux. Paris, Jombert, 2 parts bound in 4 volumes, in-4, marbled calf, ribbed spine, decorated (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION. With 2 frontispieces, 219 folded plates, 3 title vignettes, 4 bandeaux and numerous culs-de-lampe. Staining to 3rd volume, small tear to pl. 38 of volume II without damage, incomplete frontispiece portrait. Covers damaged, bindings rubbed.

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BELIDOR (Bernard Forest de). Architecture hydraulique ou l'art de conduite, d'élever et de ménager les eaux. Paris, Jombert, 2 parts bound in 4 volumes, in-4, marbled calf, ribbed spine, decorated (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION. With 2 frontispieces, 219 folded plates, 3 title vignettes, 4 bandeaux and numerous culs-de-lampe. Staining to 3rd volume, small tear to pl. 38 of volume II without damage, incomplete frontispiece portrait. Covers damaged, bindings rubbed.

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Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

BELIDOR. Hydraulic Architecture, or the Art of conducting, raising and managing water for the various needs of life. Première partie. A Paris, chez Jombert, 1737-1739, 4 books in 2 volumes in-4 bound in full contemporary basane, ornate smooth spines, double title-piece, trace of marginal moisture, some margins reinforced, vignettes, frontispiece and 99 folding plates. The second part was published from 1750.

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Bernard Rooke (b.1938), From a Private Collection of Gallery & Exhibition Pieces Early footed cylindrical vase, 1961 Glazed earthenware Unsigned, together with Bernard Rooke Gallery certificate 33cm high (ARR) Provenance Bernard Rooke Gallery Private collection, UK Footnote Bernard Rooke studied painting and lithography at Ipswich School of Art during the mid fifties before going on to study printmaking and ceramics at Goldsmiths College, London in 1959. In 1960, he established a workshop in Forest Hill, London, with Alan Wallwork, whilst lecturing at Goldsmiths College and St. Mary's College, London University. In 1967 Rooke moved to Ipswich, where he opened the Bernard Rooke Gallery. Rooke's works have been exhibited in the UK and abroad, and are held in collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Leicester Museum, and Trondheim Museum, Norway, to name but a few.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Bernard Rooke (b.1938), From a Private Collection of Gallery & Exhibition Pieces Totem style vase, 1983 Earthenware Marked 'BR', together with Bernard Rooke Gallery certificate 47cm high (ARR) Provenance Bernard Rooke Gallery Private collection, UK Footnote Bernard Rooke studied painting and lithography at Ipswich School of Art during the mid fifties before going on to study printmaking and ceramics at Goldsmiths College, London in 1959. In 1960, he established a workshop in Forest Hill, London, with Alan Wallwork, whilst lecturing at Goldsmiths College and St. Mary's College, London University. In 1967 Rooke moved to Ipswich, where he opened the Bernard Rooke Gallery. Rooke's works have been exhibited in the UK and abroad, and are held in collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Leicester Museum, and Trondheim Museum, Norway, to name but a few.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Bernard Rooke (b.1938), From a Private Collection of Gallery & Exhibition Pieces Three sculptures, 2001 Earthenware Marked 'BR', together with Bernard Rooke Gallery certificate 20.5cm high (ARR) Provenance Bernard Rooke Gallery Private collection, UK Footnote Bernard Rooke studied painting and lithography at Ipswich School of Art during the mid fifties before going on to study printmaking and ceramics at Goldsmiths College, London in 1959. In 1960, he established a workshop in Forest Hill, London, with Alan Wallwork, whilst lecturing at Goldsmiths College and St. Mary's College, London University. In 1967 Rooke moved to Ipswich, where he opened the Bernard Rooke Gallery. Rooke's works have been exhibited in the UK and abroad, and are held in collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Leicester Museum, and Trondheim Museum, Norway, to name but a few.

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