The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours and their Application to the Arts; Including Painting, Interior Decoration, Tapestries, Carpets, Mosaics, Coloured Glazing, Paper- Staining, Calico Printing; Letter Press Printing; Map-Colouring, Dress, Landscape and Flower Gardening, etc..; with an additional introduction by the translator, and a general index. Bohn's Scientific Library
London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. Third Edition [ Revised and enlarged ]. Hardcover. Small octavo. xvi + 466pp, two fold -out plates & two b&w plates, xii publisher's catalogue. Original red pebbled cloth lettered and embellished in gilt on spine and upper board, publisher's device blind stamped on upper board, index. First published in 1854, this is the third edition of Martel's translation of Chevreul's ground-breaking work on the subject of colour - with the text revised to accommodate the layperson, and to which has been added an index and a new Introduction by Martel. The author, Michel Eugène Chevreul ( 1786 - 1889) was a French chemist whose researches led to early applications in the fields of art and science. While he is best known for his work with fatty acids (he invented "Margarine"), and colour, he also researched the "magic pendulum", dowsing rods and table-turning. Chevreul is one of 72 notable figures whose names were inscribed on the Eiffel Tower, and he was one of only two of those named who was alive at the time of the unveiling of that monument. NOTE This edition does not include the color plates which accompanied some versions - as far as we can determined they were never included with this printing. Light overall shelf wear, cloth a bit darkened - particularly on spine, light bruising to spine ends with short closed to tear at upper spine, bump to upper front corner, owner's ink-stamped name on half title page and a few other pages, pages toned but unmarked. Overall a tight, clean VG copy (no dust jacket). Item #66777
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