Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th May 1883, Edition 1 of 1, Page 445

UEAI & Iiir 'BEADY . R THE I Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci . 1 COOTAIXING I All his Writings en Painting ( ' Libro della Pittura' ) , Sculpture , and Archi | - tecture , his Observations on Geography , Geologyy and Astronomy ' , Philosophical f Maxims ; Humorous Writings , his Letters and Miscellaneous Notes on Personal Events , mi his Contemporaries , on Literature , & c . Nov London published and for Milan the first , in the time Royal from Library the 42 Paris Autograph at Windsor and Ital Manuscri , and . other pts Private existing Libraries in the Public in Eng Li land brari , es of I I I , y BY JEAN ht of the Bavarian PAUL Order RICHTE of St . Michael R , Jfc PH . . D ., | fl g , Dujardin Two Volumes of Paris , in ) , imp and e about rial 8 450 vo . other containing Facsimile 220 Illustrations Original D . rawings Price Ei in ght Photo Guineas -Engraving to Subscribers ( Process , I H payable on the completion and delivery raised of the to Work Twelve . Guineas On th « . day of publication the price mil be - Vt B PBOSPE OTT 7 S . I ' fl ^ Bf Vasari records , in his " Lives of the Great Painters , * ' that Leonardo da Vinci " laboured much mote ft ! in by rude his word characters than in , and fact with and the by left deed hand ; " but , so , as that he whoever remarks is in not another practised passage in , reading " he wrote cannot backward under- , II « after 22 stand times his them , death and . " in ; The six but different first it has edition since languages become of Leonardo . the Rap best ' hael s " known Treatise Trichet theoretical Dufresne on Painting work , who " of did published art not , having appear this been till first published 132 edition years , EG S w complained then of the deficiencies and confusion in the text , which was taken from unauthentic 9 manuscri illustrations pt cop , by ies Poussin ; and even and others at the , are present by no day means there an does adequate not exist substitute a corrected for the editi hitherto on ; while unknown the fl [ I original Nine drawings autograp . h volumes by Leonardo da Vinci are preserved in England—three at the South B B de in Kensington the France British , others Museum Museum at , Milan two , and in and one the Rome in Royal the . Earl Collection It seems of Leicester hard at Windsor to ' s explain library , two . ; wh Twelve in y the Lord contents are Ashburnham at Paris of these , / ¦ in s manuscri the library Institut , one pts H R . hare manuscri , until pts now in , Eng not land been , Paris systematicall , and Ital y y investi treat gated of ma . thematics Four-fifths and of natural the 4 , 500 sciences pages . which Venturi form ( 1797 his ) H H and Libri ( 1840 ) have published some extracts from these . A few leaves of the " Codex Atlanticus , R mostly treating on mechanics , have been lately published in the " Saegio , " ani M . Ravaisson has re- I produced 63 leaves of s mutilated MS . at Paris , but his transcripts are , unfortunately , not very correct . II text A of close the Treatise study of on all Painting the said , which manuscri he pts now b proposes y Dr . Richter to publish has led by to subscri his ption discovery . Thrift of the new original edition H [ 1 current will contain editions a transcript , and it will of the be onl illustra y authentic ted by exact original reproductions text , with a of number numerous of chapters diagrams not , sketches found in , and the I If drawings by Leonardo ' s own hand . Special permission for this has been granted to Ih \ Richter by B Her Majesty the Queen , the " Institut de France , " & c B current take Leonardo into in conside modern da ration Vinci literature the has varied very , we are justl contents justified y been of cal in his led calling numerous by Vasari him writings the the precurso first , all of r of all of which modern modern treat cultu artists of re . matters . When still we B B B The proposed publication will , in addition to the " Libro della Pittura , " comprise all matters of B he general All found the various interest on nearl , subjects such y every as treated those page which , will of in be intimatel the classified manuscri y acquaint under pts , as separate us well with & the s headings the artist numerous , , the bo as humanist notes to afford and , and remarks a clear the man and to . H | u j comprehensive idea of Leonardo ' s life and literary work . H Among other matters contained in the manuscripts , and which have been hitherto unknown , may n studies he mentioned for the Leonardo construction ' s proj of ects cupolas for his , & works c , notes of on art pup , his ils opinions and other on scul artists pture who , numerous lived in architectural his house , K B ¦ Bggestions and plans for the construction of a painter ' s studio , remarks on events of his own life and n on more or less distinguished contemporaries , note on an eruption of Mount iEtna , on the Alps , on the m the Island numerous of Cyprus records , and on of the his Nile engagements , a plan for in an the arched East , bridge Sec . over Not the less Golden attractive ¦ Horn are , different his humorous maps , H " Lj writings * aiBcter , . " facetiae , " rebuses , & c , which give further evidence of his cheerful and eminentl [ comtimued y ingenious . U B

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