Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts

Great little book if you are interested in how colours come about and are associated historically.

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I've had this book in my wish list for a long time. I finally treated myself to it, but was bitterly disappointed by the poor quality in every way, from the blurred text, which gave me a headache when I read it, to the cheap paper quality and dull colour saturation. DON'T bother wasting your time buying this book. I'd rather spend a lot more and buy a quality copy! Instant return...

Not the book pictured, nor even a nicely printed edition, but a low resolution print to order amazon copy on poor qualty paper. Very disappointed, although the book remains a classic. So, depends what you are after I guess. It was not what I expected, as an edition, from the images or description.

Paperback edition. This is a bad reproduction of the original book. Bad quality paper, colours and it literally says ‘Printed by Amazon’ inside. You could do a better job yourself by downloading a PDF of it as it’s just a scanned copy where the vintage look of the original paper is printed. Very unhappy that I paid £13 for this.

The description promises 110 swatches. Only 43 are visible in this version.

I bought this as a gift. It’s looks so cheap that I had to return it.