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De la loi du Contraste Simultane des couleurs. by CHEVREUL, M.E.

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Title
De la loi du Contraste Simultane des couleurs.
Author
CHEVREUL, M.E.
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1839. CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène. De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l'Assortiment des objets colorés. Two volumes. I: xv, [1], 735 pp., illustrated with two folding letterpress tables. II: [2], 2 pp. Illustrated with 40 engraved and lithographic plates on 22 ff., of which 13 folding; plates 2 and 3 printed in colour with fig. 12 on plate 2 hand-coloured; plate 4, the chromatic wheel, with over-slip; plates 5-31 and 34-39 stencil-coloured lithographs; plates 32-33 and 40 engraved; plate 33 hand-coloured; plus nine specimens of printing on different coloured papers; plates 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 33-39 signed by the author. 8vo (text), 215 x 135 mm., bound in later nineteenth-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards; and square 4to (atlas), 290 x 245 mm., bound in publisher's original printed boards with glassine. Paris: Pitois-Levrault, 1839. A superb copy of the first edition of the most influential treatise on colour from the nineteenth century, with many of the colour plates signed by Chevreul. A professional chemist, Chevreul became Director of Dyeing at the Gobelins royal tapestry manufactory in 1824, in which position he perfected a number of new dyes and was led to a close study of the properties of colour. It was this foundation of empirical observation that permitted him to discern one very simple principle, so widely known today that it is difficult to imagine a time when it was not the fundamental guideline for artists and every kind of graphic designer in their use of colour. Formulated in the present work (p. 14), Chevreul's "law of simultaneous contrast of colours" states that colours seen side by side will always appear to the eye "as dissimilar as possible, both in their optical composition and in the height of their tone." On this basis Chevreul proceeded to analyze the consequences and applications of colour contrast, i.e., the modifications of hue and tone occurring when juxtaposed colours are viewed at the same time. He established "a precise nomenclature for colour relationships: tons for tonal value on a scale from black to white; gamme for the tonal scale itself; nuances for the modifications of one hue by the admixture of another; couleurs franches for pure, saturated pigments; couleurs rabattues (or rompues) for colours broken with black (or grey). These qualities were demonstrated in a colour wheel to which was attached a quadrant…" (Kemp, The Science of Art, pp. 306-7). Chevreul intended his treatise for the use of painters, textile designers, gardeners and other graphic artists rather than for scientists, and the influence of his discoveries on the development of European painting was enormous. The Impressionists followed his precepts for the decomposition of colour tones and the juxtaposition of colours, building up their paintings using separate touches of pure colours on the canvas, and allowing the observer's eye to combine them; and the Neo-Impressionist school, led by Seurat and Signac, went further, seeking to provide a scientific basis for Impressionism by deliberately limiting "their palettes to Chevreul's circle of fundamental colors and intermediate tones and [applying] colors scientifically to their canvases as opposed spots" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography). The influence of Chevreul's theories continued into the twentieth century: several modern colour-field painters, especially Ellsworth Kelly, are known to have experimented with Chevreul's colour theory. In the present copy the plates are in "issue B," with the coloured disks on white or grey backgrounds. Text volume with some foxing as usual, but much better than usually found. Plate volume in exceptional condition. Norman 469. Birren Collection 143. En français dans le texte 237. The Book of Colour Concepts 282.
Yad Ramah (On Tractate Bava Batra) (in 2 vols.)

Yad Ramah (On Tractate Bava Batra) (in 2 vols.) by Abulafia, Meir ben Todros HaLevi ("Ramah"); Yosef Elia HaLevi (ed.); Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi (commentary)

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Title
Yad Ramah (On Tractate Bava Batra) (in 2 vols.)
Author
Abulafia, Meir ben Todros HaLevi ("Ramah"); Yosef Elia HaLevi (ed.); Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi (commentary)
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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g- to vg-
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Thessaloniki: Mordekhai Nahman ve-David Yisraelig'ah, 1791. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg-. Two volumes, large quarto. Vol.1: [2], 157. Vol.2: [3], 158- 274, [1] 35. Double-sided leaves. Rebound in modern burgundy mottled faux-leather boards, with gilt lettering on the front covers, gilt lettering and ruling on the spines. Edges of the book block in red. Title pages bordered with small woodcut motifs. The first printed edition of this commentary on the Talmudic tractate Bava Batra by famed mediaeval Spanish Rabbi Meir Abulafia (aka 'The Ramah', c. 1170 – 1244). The work is one of only three surviving parts (Tractates Bava Batra, Sanhedrin and Kidushin, plus the fourth chapter of Tractate Gittin) from his larger series of his Talmudic commentaries, known as Yad Ramah (meaning "Hand of the Ramah", or "The Upraised Hand"). The final section of the second volume contains Shiyur Shitah Mekubetset (with its own title page), a subsequent commentary on the work by Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520 – c. 1592) and an approbation at the start of the first volume by editor Yosef Elia Halevi. The first volume includes a few illustrated figures and diagrams on leaf 123. Text throughout in Hebrew, printed in Rashi script in a two column format. Bindings with minor rubbing, bumping and damp staining to the corners. Minor scratches and smudges to the covers. Title page in volume one torn along the left margin. Title page of volume torn along the left margin, with no loss of text. Title page of volume 2 with tears, worming and staining, with some loss of text. Volumes quite clean overall, with only minor sporadic staining in the margins. Worming throughout both volumes, with some loss of text, mostly in the second volume. A few pages throughout the volumes have been repaired with tape. Bindings in very good-, interiors in good- to good condition overall. Scarce. Hebrew title: יד רמה Author(s): רבי מאיר הלוי אבואלעפייא )הרמ"ה(, יוסף אליה הלוי, בצלאל בן אברהם אשכנזי Publication: שאלוניקי, בדפוס השותפים מרדכי נחמן ודוד ישראליג'ה Bibliographic references: Vinograd- Salonica 407.
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COMPLETE LETTER WRITER or, The Art of Correspondence ... Adapted t.

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COMPLETE LETTER WRITER or, The Art of Correspondence ... Adapted t.
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Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
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1811. THE COMPLETE LETTER WRITER or, The Art of Correspondence ... Adapted to the Use of Both Sexes, and Made Familiar to Every Capacity.... Trenton: James Oram, 1811. 12mo. 144 p., engraved frontis. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco spine and tips. Frontispiece rather heavily foxed, binding moderately worn at the extremities and spine ends chipped, but a good tight copy. S&S 22589.
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THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE by ANTHOLOGY Anonymous

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THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE
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ANTHOLOGY Anonymous
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE, Cassell, 1889 & 1890, first edition, 2 volumes, light rubbing to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, else near fine in the publishers original color pictorial cloth with gold gilt lettering and design to the spine and front cover. The quintessential Victorian publication for those who love tales of adventure and the unknown (over 160 of them here) adorned with 100's of illustrations. A great curiosity of this volume, however, must remain the anonymity of its authors.
A Foot in two Worlds; recollections and Remembrances
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A Foot in two Worlds; recollections and Remembrances by Zietich-Craib, Gloria

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A Foot in two Worlds; recollections and Remembrances
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Zietich-Craib, Gloria
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
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9780940471627
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San Francisco: California Publishing Company, 1999. xviii, 135 [2]p., b/w illus., dj, quarto format.
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND UNUSUAL SERVICES: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION, PAMPHLETS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES by Alexander, Raphael

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND UNUSUAL SERVICES: A GUIDE TO INFORMATION, PAMPHLETS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Author
Alexander, Raphael
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Hoffman Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY: Informational Directory Co., (1958). Fifth edition. 84 pages, hardbound with the original front wrapper adhered to the front cover of the Gaylord binding. Ex-library, o/w sound and clean. .

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