{"product_id":"9780500518380","title":"Bitten By Witch Fever : Wallpaper \u0026 Arsenic in the Victorian Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hawksley, Lucinda \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/10\/2016,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages, Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780500518380,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner: Best Trade Illustrated Book, British Book Design \u0026amp; Production Awards 2017 ‘As to the arsenic scare a greater folly it is hardly possible to imagine: the doctors were bitten as people were bitten by the witch fever.’  — William Morris on toxic wallpapers, 1885.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bitten by Witch Fever presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris \u0026amp; Co. For the first time  in their history, every one of the samples shown has been laboratory tested and found to contain arsenic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Interleaved with the wallpaper sections, evocative commentary guides you through the incredible story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic, and presents the heated public debate surrounding the use of deadly pigments in the sublime wallpapers of a newly industrialized world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Chosen by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss for their Belletrist Book Club's Gift Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697319378988,"sku":"9780500518380","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780500518380_75dbd15e-335b-4591-9328-484a9fdc04f2.jpg?v=1759667326","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780500518380","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}