COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
CHEVREUL, MICHEL-EUGÈNE
Date:
1839
Short Title:
Text: De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l’Assortiment des objets colorés.
Publisher:
Pitois-Levrault
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Text Page
Obj Height cm:
27
Obj Width cm:
22
Full Title:
(Text page to) De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l’Assortiment des objets colorés.
List No:
15463.027
Series No:
27
Publication Author:
CHEVREUL, MICHEL-EUGÈNE
Pub Date:
1839
Pub Title:
De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l’Assortiment des objets colorés.
Pub Reference:
OCLC lists only 3 copies in the U.S; SUNY Buffalo, NYPL and Hagley Museum. Norman 469. Birren Collection 143. En français dans le texte 237. (#166408)
Pub Note:
"The first edition of this landmark treatise on colour, a work which has influenced artists from Seurat to Ellsworth Kelly and beyond. A professional chemist, Chevreul became Director of Dyeing at the Gobelins royal tapestry manufactory in 1824. 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, and he also established a precise nomenclature for colour relationships. An acceptable copy of an extremely rare book, with considerable foxing to the text volume as is seems to be usually the case. In this copy plates 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16, 17- 19, 20-22, 23-25, 26-28, 29-31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38 and 39 are signed by Chevreul (the triple plates being only signed once for a total of 15 signed plates" (Ursus Books, 2023)
Pub List No:
15463.000
Pub Type:
Physical Atlas
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
25
Image No:
15463027.jp2
Authors:
CHEVREUL, MICHEL-EUGÈNE
