Paris, H. Dunod & E. Pinat, 1913. Large 8vo (25.2 x 16.2 cm). xv, 277, [ii] pp.; 13 full colour plates including several in pochoir, mounted, and a 14th plate with 24 mounted strips of coloured fabric; several text engravings. 20th century burgundy buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in.

A very rare but influential treatise on the theory of colours with many fine examples of applied colours. The author, [Daniel] Auguste Rosenstiehl (1839-1916) was a chemist, and the director of a factory of coloured material, as well as a professor at the "Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers" in Paris. Uncut, with the original wrappers. Weak private owner's stamp in the lower margin of the front wrapper recto, and date stamp on verso, otherwise clean. A very good copy. Not in Evers, Ornamentale Vorlagenwerke.