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Description
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VINCI (Leonardo):
Treatise on Painting, revised and corrected. New edition. Expanded to include the author’s biography.
Paris. Published by Pierre François Giffart, 1716.
In-12°. Contemporary full binding in fawn sheepskin. Ribbed spine, decorated with metal tools and gilt fillets. Title label missing. Worn copy. Broken joints. Corners
VIII pp. (Preface), 2 unnumbered pages (Privilege), followed by ‘The Life of Leonardo da Vinci’, pages numbered XIX to LIV, 34 unnumbered pages for the Table of Chapters, 324 pages and 20 unnumbered pages for the Table of Contents.
Second French edition of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous work, the most valuable treatise ever published on the art of drawing.
It is adorned with an engraved portrait of the author and 32 engraved plates.
‘This treatise contains the first depiction of the Mona Lisa’ (Brunet).
This copy is in need of restoration.
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10/15/2026 at 1:00 PM
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