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LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY (Charles-Antonin). Traité des couleurs m…
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LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY (Charles-Antonin). Traité des couleurs m…
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Estimate 150 € - 200 €
Voluntary lot
Description
LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY (Charles-Antonin). Traité des couleurs matérielles, et de la manière de colorer, relativement aux différens Arts & Métiers. Paris, Saugrain & Lamy ; Barrois aîné, 1779.
In-12, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, title page, red edges (contemporary binding).
First edition.
Joints cracked, headpieces and corners damaged, spotting and loss of leather in places, a few freckles on the first few pages.
A chemist and writer, Charles-Antonin LE PILEUR D'APLIGNY published an Essai sur les moyens de perfectionner l'art de la teinture in 1770, followed by two treatises on the subject, including this Traité des couleurs matérielles.
A rare work on the chemical and physical processes of colouring, dealing with the preparation and composition of various dyes and pigments and their application. Sections are devoted to varnishes, gilding, oil painting, etc.
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