Patrick Syme

Gebundenes Buch

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours

Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts

Illustrator: Werner, Abraham Gottlob

Beschreibung

"With additions, arranged so as to render it highly useful to the arts and sciences, particularly zoology, botany, chemistry, mineralogy, and morbid anatomy. Annexed to which are examples selected from well-known objects in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms"--Title page.

Autor

Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) was a mineralogist and geologist at the mining school in Freiberg, Saxony. In his 1774 book On the External Characteristics of Fossils, he established a classification system to describe the colors of both fossils and minerals. Patrick Syme (1774-1845), an Edinburgh painter and art teacher, reconstructed Werner's colors by consulting actual minerals, paired the hues with examples from plant and animal life, and created the system of color swatches and descriptions that form the basis of this book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Smithsonian Books (DC)
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781588346216
• ISBN-10: 1588346218
• Artikelnr.: 49140002