Lot 116
Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, second edition, Edinburgh, 1821.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, second edition, lacking half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 110 mounted colour samples, plates a little foxed and browned but text very clean, later blue calf, gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1821.
⁂ Charming work on colours and their shades by a flower-painter, intended for use in "Arts and Science, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy". The samples contain examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
Description
Syme (Patrick) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, second edition, lacking half-title, 13 plates containing a total of 110 mounted colour samples, plates a little foxed and browned but text very clean, later blue calf, gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1821.
⁂ Charming work on colours and their shades by a flower-painter, intended for use in "Arts and Science, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy". The samples contain examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
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