Colour: Travels through the Paintbox (Record no. 16209)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01217nam a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780340826324 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 49906583 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | ND1488 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 535.609 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Victoria Finlay |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Colour: Travels through the Paintbox |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 512 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an account of the history of colour. Part travelogue, part narrative history, this volume unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This account remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple. This book lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Arts and Travel |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 535.6 FINL | 71385 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |