General instructions for drawing and designing humane figures reduced to geometrical rule from the original drawings of Lionard d' Vinci. : Humbly dedicated to the Rt. Hon[oura]ble Tho: Coke Vice Chamberlain to his most Sacred Maj[es]ty King George and one of his Majesties most Hon[oura]ble Privy Council / by his most obedient & humble servant, John Bowles.
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
- Date:
- [1720?]
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[London] : Printed & sold by J. Bowles at No. 13, in Cornhill, [1720?]
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9 leaves of plates : illustrations (engr.) ; folio (34 cm)
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ESTC T223830
Notes
First leaf is decorative title; the number 14 is engraved in upper left margin in platemark.
From engravings made secretly by a print dealer named Cooper in 1690, while commissioned by diplomat Constantine Huygens to rebind his Leonardo da Vinci manuscript, now known as the Codex Huygens. Date of publication from J.P. Mariette quoted by Pedretti (1977, pp. 49-52). Probably published by John Bowles as part of a drawing manual.
See chapter IV The Codex Huygens, in: Pedretti, Carlo. The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter. Oxford : Phaidon, 1977. Vol. 1, pp. 48-75.
Copy 1. Plates 3 and 4 bound in reverse order. Original stab-stitching.
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