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The rarest blue : the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history and rediscovered
- Title
- The rarest blue : the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history and rediscovered / Baruch Sterman with Judy Taubes Sterman.
- Author
- Sterman, Baruch.
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2012]
- ©2012
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 17-455 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sterman, Judy Taubes.
- Description
- xiii, 305 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 20 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: The setting sun -- That dye of dyes -- Ancient times -- Purple people -- Exploring Dora -- Only God can tell -- The missing shade of blue -- Mood indigo -- The quest for the Holy Snail -- True blue -- The selfish shellfish -- Dyed in the wool -- Seeing blue -- Feeling blue -- Tangled up in blue -- Epilogue: Something old, something new.
- Call Number
- JFC 17-455
- ISBN
- 9780762782222
- 0762782226
- LCCN
- 2012028637
- OCLC
- 2012028637
- Author
- Sterman, Baruch.
- Title
- The rarest blue : the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history and rediscovered / Baruch Sterman with Judy Taubes Sterman.
- Imprint
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Sterman, Judy Taubes.
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-455