Zur Farbenlehre /
von Goethe ; nebst einem Hefte mit sechzehn Kupfertafeln.

Description

Main Author

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

Related Names

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung

Language(s)

German

Published

Tübingen : In der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1810.

Subjects

Newton, Isaac, > Newton, Isaac, / 1642-1727
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, / 1749-1832.
Newton, Isaac, > Newton, Isaac, / 1642-1727
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, > Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, / 1749-1832 > Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, / 1749-1832 / Aesthetics.
Optics
Color in art
Color
Aesthetics
Optics.
Color in art.
Color.
Hand coloring > Hand coloring / Germany > Hand coloring / Germany / 19th century.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Germany > Engravings (prints) / Germany / 19th century.

Note

Includes index.
Dedication dated "30 Jan. 1808"; cf. Speck 2289.
Atlas includes plate IIa as second part of plate II, making 17 plates; 12 of the plates are hand-colored.
Atlas includes supplementary prospectus for work with caption title: Anzeige und Uebersicht des Goethischen Werkes zur Farbenlehre.
Title on atlas: Erklärung der zu Goethe's Farbenlehre gehörigen Tafeln.
Attack on Newton's theory of colors.
Pagination, v. 1: XLVIII, 654 p.; v. 2: XXVIII, 757, [1] p.
Errata: v. 2, p. [758].

Physical Description

2 v. ; 22 cm (8vo) + atlas (24, 12 p., XVI [i.e. 17] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm (4to))

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