Indigo buy by Jenny Balfour-Paul

Title: Indigo
Author/Editor: Jenny Balfour-Paul
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 1998
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Condition Description:
Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; An exceptional copy, fit for any serious collector's library; Dust jacket housed in protective mylar; buy Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Book Overview:
The blue dye indigo has been the world's most valued dyestuff for almost five millennia. This text covers in detail all aspects of this subject: historical, agricultural and botanical; chemical and technological; commercial and economic; indigo's various uses in textiles and art; and its many sociological, medicinal, folkloric connotations.