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Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
de Finlay, Victoria
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0340733284
- ISBN 13
- 9780340733288
- Librería
-
Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Sceptre, 2002-09-18. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Sinopsis
Part travelogue, part narrative history, Colour unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple. Exciting, richly informative, and always surprising, 'Colour' lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths an astonishing wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
Reseñas
El Nov 15 2011, E cat dijo:
A interesting journey around the globe in search of our fascination with colour, a great read.
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Detalles
- Librería
- M Godding Books Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 258185
- Título
- Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox
- Autor
- Finlay, Victoria
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340733284
- ISBN 13
- 9780340733288
- Editorial
- Sceptre
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002-09-18
- Tamaño
- 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo)
- X weight
- 26 oz
Términos de venta
M Godding Books Ltd
Paypal, Credit Cards, Books ship within 24 hours of the order, either first class within the UK, or airmail worldwide. Returns accepted on items that do not, within reason, meet the description.
Sobre el vendedor
M Godding Books Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Devizes, Wiltshire
Sobre M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
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