A Descriptive Handbook of Modern Water-Colour Pigments Illustrated with Seventy-Two Colour Washes Skillfully Gradated by Hand on Whatman’s Drawing Paper, with an Introductory Essay on the Recent Water-Colour Controversy By J. Scott Taylor, Sixteen Thousand, Winsor and Newton, Limited, London, five pigment swatch plates, 64 pp including ads, softcover, 7.5 x 4.75”, 12mo.
In good condition. Covers worn with staining, possibly oil from paint making! Light soiling overall to surface of covers. End papers irregularly toned and offset from pigment plates. Internally good with light toning and minor instances of foxing. Swatch plates are bright and clean. Remarkably preserved. Mid-gutter tender. Binding intact. Free of ownership or markings. Please see photos.
The introductory essay discusses the recent controversy regarding the effect of sunlight on water-color pigments and appended are the most recently published data on the subject. An excellent source material for conservators and artists. Scarce.
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