Leonardo  da Vinci  1452-1519 <br/><br/>
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci / 
compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter; transl. by R. C. Bell. 
 - New York :  Dover Publications,  [1970]. 
 - 2 vol. :  ill., facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> Text in English and Italian, with introductory material and notes in English  "An unabridged edition of the work first published ... in 1883 ... with the title The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci." 
<br/><br/>Contents: V. 1. Prolegomena and general introduction to the book on painting ; Linear perspective ; Six books on light and shade ; Perspective of disappearance ; Theory of colours ; Perspective of colour and aerial perspective ; On the proportions and on the movements of the human figure ; Botany for painters, and elements of landscape painting ; The practice of painting ; Studies and sketches for pictures and decorations . 
<br/><br/> Vol. 1. (1970; xxix, 367 p.: ill.,facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits) 
<br/><br/> More than fifteen hundred extracts containing the Renaissance genius' maxims, prophecies, fables, letters, and brilliant observations in architecture, painting, physiology, geography, and other fields. 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and Italian, with introductory material and notes in English. English translations mainly by Mrs. R.C. Bell. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0486225720 (v. 1) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Leonardo, da Vinci,  1452-1519 --Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc