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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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da Vinci , Leonardo

Treatise on Painting, 1817

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€ 150 - 200

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€ 282

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Information

Rome, De Romanis, 1817. In 2 °. 2 parts in 1 volume, each with its own frontispiece, portrait of Leonardo in front of the second volume, which contains the XXII tables. engraved in copper by G. Cantini on designs by G. Francesco De Rossi, partly intact specimen, sporadic blooms, reddening of some panels, coeval binding in half brown leather, slight defects.

Specialist Notes

Valuable edition, dedicated to Louis XIII King of France and Navarre. Luigi Manzi, the curator of the work, was librarian of the Barberini Library and drew the work from a Vatican code. Leg 1167; Cicognara 237.