Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition
Volume I: The Codex
$58.61
- Hardcover
88 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2019
Summary
Leonardo’s greatest work of science beautifully reproduced for the 500th anniversary of his death.
This edition offers a high-quality facsimile reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Leicester, a collection of his scientific writings. Named after Thomas Coke (later Earl of Leicester) who purchased it in 1719, Codex Leicester holds the record as the most expensive book ever when it was bought in 1994.
Consisting of 72 pages, it was handwritten in Italian by Leonardo using hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198832874 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198832877 |
| Author: | Domenico Laurenza, Martin Kemp |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 88 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 874g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 249mm x 348mm |
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Domenico Laurenza
About the Authors
Domenico Laurenza is a science and art historian. He is an expert on Leonardo da Vinci, the relationship between art, anatomy and technology in the Renaissance, and the history of geological illustrations. He serves as a scientific consultant for Museo Galileo (Florence), Schroeder Arts (New York), and the University of Roma Tre. He has taught and held fellowships at various scientific institutions, including McGill University (Montreal), the Warburg Institute (London), the Italian Academy at Columbia University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), and Trinity College, Dublin.
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University. He has authored and presented extensively on imagery in art and science, spanning from the Renaissance to the present day. His expertise includes visualization and lateral thinking. His most recent book is Mona Lisa: The People and the Painting, co-authored with Giuseppe Pallanti (2017).
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