Accession number
PML 199031
Creator
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Published
A Paris : De l'imprimerie de Iacqves Langlois, imprimeur ordinaire du roy, au mont Saincte Genevieufe, vis à vis a la fonteine, à la Reyne de paix, M. DC. LI [1651].
Credit line
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, 2023.
Notes
With engravings by René Lochon after drawings by Nicolas Poussin, retouched by Charles Errard.
Engraved half-title, with portrait. Title vignette; initials; head and tail pieces.
Even while listing it 2nd in her bibliography, Steinitz cites the work of Bassoli and Pedretti in considering this French ed. to be 1st in the sequence of Leonardo's published Treatises (cf. footnote, p. 145).
First reproduction of the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) on page 94.
Engraved half-title, with portrait. Title vignette; initials; head and tail pieces.
Even while listing it 2nd in her bibliography, Steinitz cites the work of Bassoli and Pedretti in considering this French ed. to be 1st in the sequence of Leonardo's published Treatises (cf. footnote, p. 145).
First reproduction of the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) on page 94.
Description
[xvi], 128 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 39.5 cm (fol)
Provenance
G.A. Storey (1834-1919), signature, 1851 (front endleaf 1 verso), bookplate, dated 1895 (front pastedown), and marginal annotations (up to page 27), this book formed the starting point for Storey's work, The Theory and Practice of Perspective (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910); Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from David Brass Rare Books on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, Sept. 2023.
Binding
17t-century French calf over paper boards (39.5 x 27.2 cm); repaired and rebacked.
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