Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Sechzehn Tafeln zu Goethe's Farbenlehre. 1842
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Sechzehn Tafeln zu Goethe's Farbenlehre und Siebenundzwanzig Tafeln zu Dessen Beiträge zur Optik nebst Erklärung. Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1842.
Second edition with the plates in fresh colour, demonstrating Goethe's Theory of Colours. The present work was published separately from, but conceived as a supplementary volume to the 61-volume Collected Works. Hagen 24 b.
Quarto (246 x 190mm). 17 engraved plates of which 12 hand-coloured, 9 lithographic plates, of which 6 handcoloured (title a fraction spotted). Early 20th-century half roan, preserving original printed front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Fritz Witek (20th century bookplate).
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Sechzehn Tafeln zu Goethe's Farbenlehre. 1842
GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Sechzehn Tafeln zu Goethe's Farbenlehre und Siebenundzwanzig Tafeln zu Dessen Beiträge zur Optik nebst Erklärung. Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cotta, 1842.
Second edition with the plates in fresh colour, demonstrating Goethe's Theory of Colours. The present work was published separately from, but conceived as a supplementary volume to the 61-volume Collected Works. Hagen 24 b.
Quarto (246 x 190mm). 17 engraved plates of which 12 hand-coloured, 9 lithographic plates, of which 6 handcoloured (title a fraction spotted). Early 20th-century half roan, preserving original printed front wrapper (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Fritz Witek (20th century bookplate).
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