Die kleine Farbmesstafel. Edition A.
OSTWALD, Wilhelm. Die kleine Farbmesstafel. Edition A. 12 pp. text pamphlet and 4 perforated coloured plates. Oblong folio, 295 x 205 mm., publisher's cloth. Goettingen: Muster-Schmidt, 1939.
A rare example of Ostwald's celebrated device for measuring colour. This is a colour table, which displays a spectrum of brilliant hues based on his harmonious colour theory. Wilhelm Ostwald's Farbmesstafel was a well thought out and planned process. The device captures the true sense of the magic of colour. Ostwald, was a Nobel prize winning chemist who wrote several important works on colour theory, including Die Farbenfibel, Die Farbenlehre, and Die Harmonie der Farben. OCLC lists copies only at Syracuse, Yale and U of Delaware, in the U.S.
Item nr. 172660
Price:
$2,500.00