Goethe's Color Theory
by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang; Rupprecht Matthaei (editor) , Herb Aach (translator)
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
C1b: Van Nostrand. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. , New York. 1970. 275 pgs. Illustrated with numerous color photos and black and white figures. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The result of 50 years of labor, Goethe's material has been arranged so that readers may easily follow Goethe's reasoning, examine his illustrations, conduct his experiments, and judge the Color Theory for themselves. Although not a physicist, Goethe was a master of scientific observation and analysis. This is one of the most important writings on color to have ever been printed. Illustrated with color paintings, drawings, graphics. This American edition translated and edited by Herb Aach, with a complete facsimile reproduction of Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the "didactic part" of the Color Theory. EB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 275 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65920
- Title
- Goethe's Color Theory
- Author
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang; Rupprecht Matthaei (editor) , Herb Aach (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand
- Place of Publication
- C1b
- Date Published
- 1970
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- Science;
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