Leonardo Davinic Large format book 15x11x2 inches, 1956 Copyright in Italy by the Istituto Geografico De Agostini S.p.A.-Novara 1956.  1635 Gravure Illustrations 12 Full Color Plates 534 pages  Book is in very good condition, the DJ does have tears on the back and wear on all the edges. Please see pictures.

From DJ: “This edition contains 16 additional pages from the new material found in Madrid including 26 illustrations never reproduced before. This volume is the most complete and authoritative work ever produced on Leonardo.  It was originally published in Italy by the Istituto Geografico De Agostini just before the war, in conjunction with the famous exhibition of Leonardo’s work in Milan in 1938.  Recently Emil Vollmer, the German publisher, joined with the Istituto and re-edited  the volume, making entirely new illustration plates from which this edition is printed.  The quality throughout is greatly improved over the original edition, particularly in respect to the color reproductions, which are of unusual faithfulness and beauty.”

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