Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BABBITT, EDWIN DWIGHT. The Principles of Light and Color. 4 color plates; numerous text illustrations. Large 8vo, original cloth, spine ends and cover corners worn; rear hinge cracked. New York, 1878

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first edition. "Among exponents of occult color, Edwin Babbitt looms large . . . Babbitt, a major influence upon Theosophy, was an American 'magnetist' who wove an inextricable web of science and occult speculation . . . The author makes large claims for his chromo-therapy, in which baths of colored light are said to have a broad range of application"--Herbert, A Color Bibliography, pages 19-20.