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De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l'assortiment des objets colorés, considéré d'après cette loi

1839
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Object Information
  • Title: De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l'assortiment des objets colorés, considéré d'après cette loi
  • Author: Michel Eugène Chevreul (French, 1786–1889)
  • Date: 1839
  • Geography: Paris, France
  • Medium: Libary bound cover, colored in lithographs foldouts and single sheets
  • Dimensions: 2 pages, 30 unnumbered leaves of plates (some color and folded) : illustrations (some color) ; Height: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
  • Object Number: 170.1 C42
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library
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