[Rarebooks] FS: 1840 -Goethe's Color Theory by Eastlake

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>From our newly published catalog #304,
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Eastlake, Charles Lock. "GOETHE'S THEORY OF COLOURS; Translated from the
German: with Notes by Charles Lock Eastlake"

London; John Murray: 1840.

An exceptionally important book in the literature of color theory.
Goethe’s work, published in Germany in 1810 and translated here by the
indefatigable Eastlake, remains a source of controversy today- critics
point out that technically Goethe was, after all, wrong, while supporters
reply that his work was more observational than scientific and he makes
many truthful observations about our perception of color. Among those
influenced by the book were such disparate artists as J.M.W. Turner and
Wassily Kandinsky. The original 1810 and 1840 editions have become quite
uncommon.

Hardcover. 5.5”x8.75”, xlviii + 423 pages + 4 plates (3 hand-tinted) plus
a 16 page publisher’s catalog. Ex-library, rebound in neat green buckram.
Title page with corner missing, not affecting he lettering. Some marginal
pencil notes, partially shaved off by the binder. Overall a neat, tight,
good copy with few marks or problems. [31221] $750.00

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