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Author Sterman, Baruch.

Title The rarest blue : the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history and rediscovered / Baruch Sterman with Judy Taubes Sterman.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  667.26 STERMAN. BARUCH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  296.4 ST45    DUE 05-16-24
Description xiii, 305 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: The setting sun -- That dye of dyes -- Ancient times -- Purple people -- Exploring Dora -- Only God can tell -- The missing shade of blue -- Mood indigo -- The quest for the Holy Snail -- True blue -- The selfish shellfish -- Dyed in the wool -- Seeing blue -- Feeling blue -- Tangled up in blue -- Epilogue: Something old, something new.
Subject Tekhelet (Dye)
Added Author Sterman, Judy Taubes.
ISBN 9780762782222: $24.95
0762782226
Standard No. 40021618497
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