The Folio Society - The Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci Three Books
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Folio Society - The Notebooks ofLeonardo da Vinci
Not shrink-wrapped new and never used/readIntroducedby Charles Nicholl
Preface by Edward MacCurdy
Translated by Edward MacCurdyCommemoratingthe 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, this magnificent Foliocollector’s edition reveals his brilliance in three beautifully illustratedvolumes with stunning gold-blocked bindings.Almost 500 years since his death, the genius ofLeonardo da Vinci has never b...een rivalled. In the Mona Lisa and TheLast Supper, he created the most iconic images in Western art but hisbrilliance extended well beyond these masterpieces: da Vinci bequeathed themost extraordinarily diverse body of written work ever created by oneindividual and his notebooks are among the most precious documents in theworld.This commemorative edition of the 1938 Edward MacCurdycompilation includes writing on almost every subject imaginable: anatomy, medicine, engineering, optics, architecture, hydraulics, botany and naturalhistory. His personal notes offer insights into his passions, preoccupationsand eccentricities, while a detailed index allows for easy navigation. Almost100 of his exquisite drawings have been reproduced to exceptionally highstandard: preparatory drawings for The Last Supper, anatomicaldiagrams such as The Vitruvian Man, and sketches of inventions –including his designs for a flying machine, created hundreds of years beforeothers dared dream of flying. Finally, two insightful essays tell us more aboutda Vinci and his writings: one by da Vinci biographer Charles Nicholl, and theother by the collection's translator and editor, Edward MacCurdy.· Quarter bound in (bonded) leather, with printed cloth sides· Set in Bembo· 1432 pages in total (Vol 1:440, Vol 2: 528, Vol 3: 464)· 102 colour illustrations across 3Volumes
Not shrink-wrapped new and never used/readIntroducedby Charles Nicholl
Preface by Edward MacCurdy
Translated by Edward MacCurdyCommemoratingthe 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, this magnificent Foliocollector’s edition reveals his brilliance in three beautifully illustratedvolumes with stunning gold-blocked bindings.Almost 500 years since his death, the genius ofLeonardo da Vinci has never b...een rivalled. In the Mona Lisa and TheLast Supper, he created the most iconic images in Western art but hisbrilliance extended well beyond these masterpieces: da Vinci bequeathed themost extraordinarily diverse body of written work ever created by oneindividual and his notebooks are among the most precious documents in theworld.This commemorative edition of the 1938 Edward MacCurdycompilation includes writing on almost every subject imaginable: anatomy, medicine, engineering, optics, architecture, hydraulics, botany and naturalhistory. His personal notes offer insights into his passions, preoccupationsand eccentricities, while a detailed index allows for easy navigation. Almost100 of his exquisite drawings have been reproduced to exceptionally highstandard: preparatory drawings for The Last Supper, anatomicaldiagrams such as The Vitruvian Man, and sketches of inventions –including his designs for a flying machine, created hundreds of years beforeothers dared dream of flying. Finally, two insightful essays tell us more aboutda Vinci and his writings: one by da Vinci biographer Charles Nicholl, and theother by the collection's translator and editor, Edward MacCurdy.· Quarter bound in (bonded) leather, with printed cloth sides· Set in Bembo· 1432 pages in total (Vol 1:440, Vol 2: 528, Vol 3: 464)· 102 colour illustrations across 3Volumes
