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Mauve : how one man invented colour that changed the world / [by] Simon Garfield
2000, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Very good cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412378
ISBN: 0571201970
Physical description: 222 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Contents: The celebrity -- Not the land of science -- Floating in the air -- The recipe -- Hindrance and synthesis -- Mauve measles -- The terrible glare -- Madder -- Poisoning the clientele -- Red letter days -- Self-destruction -- The new eventuality -- Physical acts -- Fingerprints. Subjects: Perkin, William Henry Sir 1838-1907; Perkin, William; 19th century; Mauve; Dye industry Great Britain; Chemists England ; Biography; Chemistry; Chemistry history.
Price: €10.95