[Rarebooks] FS: 1840- Goethe’s Theory of Colours with Notes by Eastlake

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"Goethe’s Theory of Colours; Translated from the German: with Notes by
Charles Lock Eastlake"

By Charles Lock Eastlake. Published in London by 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 (see below), not affecting the lettering.
Some marginal pencil notes, partially shaved off by the binder. Overall,
except for being ex-library in new covers, in neat, tight, good condition
with few marks or problems.  $675~

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