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Goethe's colour theory / arranged and edited by Rupprecht Matthaei; English edition translated [from the German] and edited by Herb Aach; with a complete facsimile reproduction of Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the 'didactic part' of the colour theory
by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0289701430
- ISBN 13
- 9780289701430
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Studio Vista, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 275p : ill[some col], facsims, ports ; 30cm. Notes: This translation originally published, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971. Originally published, Ravensburg: Maier, 1971; Bibliography p.205-206. Contents: 'With a complete facsimile of Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the 'didactic part' of the Colour theory'. Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832. Zur Farbenlehre; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832. Criticism and interpretation; Color vision; Color Psychological aspects; Color vision History; Color in art.
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- MW Books Ltd.
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- Title
- Goethe's colour theory / arranged and edited by Rupprecht Matthaei; English edition translated [from the German] and edited by Herb Aach; with a complete facsimile reproduction of Charles Eastlake's 1820 translation of the 'didactic part' of the colour theory
- Author
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0289701430
- ISBN 13
- 9780289701430
- Publisher
- London : Studio Vista
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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