The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Selections (original 1952; edition 1998)

by Leonardo da Vinci (Author), Irma A. Richter (Editor)

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This selection offers a cross-section from the 6,000 surviving sheets that constitute Leonardo's notebooks, including his thoughts on landscape, optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Fully updated, this new edition includes some 70 line drawings and a Preface by Leonardo expert Martin Kemp.… (more)

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Title:	The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: Selections
Authors:	Leonardo da Vinci (Author)
Other authors:	Irma A. Richter (Editor)
Info:	Oxford University Press (1998), Edition: New edition, 417 pages
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Leonardo da Vinci	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Richter, Irma A.	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Richter, Irma Anne	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Wells, Thereza	Contributor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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This is an edited volume of selections from Leonardo's Notebooks edited by Irma Richter and originally published by Oxford University Press. Please do not combine with the other versions of Leonardo's Notebooks.

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This selection offers a cross-section from the 6,000 surviving sheets that constitute Leonardo's notebooks, including his thoughts on landscape, optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Fully updated, this new edition includes some 70 line drawings and a Preface by Leonardo expert Martin Kemp.

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