Trattato della pittura … & il trattato della statua di Leon Battista Alberti Paris: Jacques Langlois 1651. 2 parts in 1. a, e2, [*]4, A-O4, Q-R4; a4, [*]4, a-g4, h3. Illustrated with additional engraved title for each part, and numerous engravings in the text, 19 of which are after Nicolas Poussin the others by Pierfrancesco Alberti Folio (334 x 225 mm). Contemporary full vellum, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Several leaves with one margin short, repair in gutter margin of some leaves, title trimmed close at top margin, several leaves foxed, lacks final blank, light crease to h3, several short tears, several stray marks and stains, some soiling, covers with some shelfwear, lightly soiled. First edition, Italian issue. Da Vinci had prepared many notes on his projected treatise on painting, but was never able to finish before he died. His pupil and friend Francesco Melzi attempted to gather the notes from 18 notebooks to create the Codex Urbinas Latinus 1270. This was the source for the abbreviated manuscripts that served as the basis for the later printed versions. The Codex Barberinus Latinus 4304, for which Nicolas Poussin was commissioned to create a series of drawings, was the earliest abbreviated copy of the Codex Urbinas Latinus and was the basis for the first printed edition in 1651. The French issue, printed by the same publisher, appeared the same year. Steinitz 1. See illustration.
Trattato della pittura … & il trattato della statua di Leon Battista Alberti Paris: Jacques Langlois 1651. 2 parts in 1. a, e2, [*]4, A-O4, Q-R4; a4, [*]4, a-g4, h3. Illustrated with additional engraved title for each part, and numerous engravings in the text, 19 of which are after Nicolas Poussin the others by Pierfrancesco Alberti Folio (334 x 225 mm). Contemporary full vellum, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Several leaves with one margin short, repair in gutter margin of some leaves, title trimmed close at top margin, several leaves foxed, lacks final blank, light crease to h3, several short tears, several stray marks and stains, some soiling, covers with some shelfwear, lightly soiled. First edition, Italian issue. Da Vinci had prepared many notes on his projected treatise on painting, but was never able to finish before he died. His pupil and friend Francesco Melzi attempted to gather the notes from 18 notebooks to create the Codex Urbinas Latinus 1270. This was the source for the abbreviated manuscripts that served as the basis for the later printed versions. The Codex Barberinus Latinus 4304, for which Nicolas Poussin was commissioned to create a series of drawings, was the earliest abbreviated copy of the Codex Urbinas Latinus and was the basis for the first printed edition in 1651. The French issue, printed by the same publisher, appeared the same year. Steinitz 1. See illustration.
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