Author: Berthollet, Claude Louis.
Title: Éléments de l' Art de la Teinture.
Description: Paris, Firmin Didot, 1791. 2 vols. XLIX,336;VII,404,(1) pp. Contemp. uniform full leather bindings, gilt tooled on spines. 8vo. - Spine-ends, hinges & edges sl. worn / dam.; very light waterstain affecting some sections (margins) of volume 2; small stamps on endpapers; title-lable volume 2 missing. * Claude Louis Berhtollet (9 december 1746 - 6 november 1822) was a well known French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. Berthollet develloped a chemical nomenclature, which set the foundation of the modern system of chemical compounds. Éléments de l'Art de la Teinture, contains extensive descriptions of many natural and chemical produced dyes.

Keywords: Natural History Chemistry Painting technique Chromatics Paint Natuurwetenschappen Chemie Schildertechniek Kleurenleer Verf ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / VII