Category - Non Fiction / Art

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Excellent

Listed - 8 months ago

Ships From - New York

Est. Publication Date - Apr 2005

A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire

Publisher Description

A history of the red dye cochineal cites its role in building the empires of monopoly holders in ancient Mexico and sixteenth-century Spain, tracing the efforts of European pirates, explorers, alchemi...