Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World - Softcover

Garfield, Simon

 
9780393323139: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World

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Offers a study of the color mauve--created in 1856 by eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin, who was working on a treatment for malaria in his home laboratory and accidentally discovered what became the most desired shade in fashion and ultimately led to the development of explosives, perfume, photography, and modern medicine. Reprint.

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ISBN 10:  1786892782 ISBN 13:  9781786892782
Verlag: Canongate Canons, 2018
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