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Carlo Pedretti; intro. Kenneth Clark.
Leonardo da Vinci: Nature Studies from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
Jane Roberts; intro. Carlo Pedretti.
Leonardo da Vinci: The Codex Hammer formerly the Codex Leicester.
Published London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981.
ISBN 0384322980 [Nature Studies]; 0384205909 [Codex Hammer].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound; 2 volumes in a card slipcase.
Printer: Giunti Barbèra, Florence.
Size: 215x281x23mm.
Page count: 96pp [Nature Studies]; 128pp [Codex Hammer].
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: slipcase battered and grubby, splitting on its edges and corners; the books look in good order, spines and page edges a bit yellowed with age, but not creased from reading; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £20.00
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Weight without packaging: 1087g.

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Originally published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

[Nature Studies]. Catalogue: The 'theme sheet'; Early studies; Narrative landscapes; Black chalk mountain series; Leda plant series; Studio series; Red series; Water studies; Adda river series; Symbolic landscapes & deluge series.
Appendix: Tables of concordance.

[Codex hammer]. Contents: Codex hammer in context; Catalogue; Facsimile of the manuscript.
Appendix: Concordance & list of English translations.

Illustrations: 12 pages in colour & 38 monochrome [Nature Studies]; colour frontispiece & 79pp monochrome [Codex Hammer].
Maps & plans: no

Notes: no
Tables: 3
Genealogies:
Chronology: yes [Nature Studies]
Glossary:
Bibliography: short bibliographical note in each volume
Index: no

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See also | Leonardo da Vinci | Exhibition guides & catalogues | Facsimile editions |

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