A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian ; illustrated with a great number of cuts ; to which is added the life of the author, and a portrait from a picture in the Duke of Tuscany's gallery at Florence.

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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, A treatise on painting , 1796

Creator:: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519
Title(s):: A treatise on painting / by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian ; illustrated with a great number of cuts ; to which is added the life of the author, and a portrait from a picture in the Duke of Tuscany's gallery at Florence.
Additional Title(s):: Trattato della pittura.
Edition:: A new edition.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1796.
Physical Description:: [2], xii, 189, [19] p., [30] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND1130 L6 1796
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581353
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Frontispiece engraved by Thomas Milton.
Translation of Trattato della pittura.
Includes index.
Subject Terms:: Engraving -- Specimens -- 1796.
I. and J. Taylor (Firm) -- Publisher.
Painting -- Early works to 1800.
Contributors:: Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, engraver.
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