Author: Mishchenko, P. I.
Title: Shkala Tsvetov. Posobie Dlia Botanikov I Zoologov Pri Nauchnykh I Nauchno-Prikladnykh Rabotakh (Color Chart. A Resource for Botanists and Zoologists in Theoritical and Applied Research)
Description: Petrograd, Tipografiia K. Mattisena, Iurev, 1915. First Edition. First edition; 9 3/4 x 6 3/4; pp. [1], 4-14, [4]; light-green wraps, printed in black; chip to upper corner of front wrap; some wear and fading to edges and spine; several faded stamps and manuscript numbers; light discoloration to last two leaves (not affecting readability); illustrated with two color plates with tissue guards; in good to very good condition. An early-20th century work on color terminology for biological descriptions, it was based on Pier Andrea Saccardo's (1845 - 1920) "Chromotaxia seu nomenclator colorum polyglottus additis speciminibus coloratis ad usum botanicorum et zoologorum" and published as a supplement to "Trudy Biuro po prikladnoi botanike." It gave the Russian and the Latin names of the colors, synonyms of the terms, as well as various combinations and shades of colors, derived from Saccardo's Chart. The author, Pavel Ivanovich Mishchenko (1869 - 1938), was a noted botanist, author, and educator. He would be persecuted and arested twice - in 1932 for being a member of the Peasant Labor Party and in 1937 for allegedly supporting a Counter-Revolutionary, Fascist organization. He died in prison in 1938. Good .

Keywords: Colors, Botany, Terms


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