Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 297

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LEONARDO DA VINCI. Corpus of the Anatomical Studies in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. 2 volumes of text together with folding case containing 201 color facsimile plates (presumably complete, but still sealed in the original wrapping paper and thus not collated), plus publisher's envelope containing substitute plate 8. Folio, 468x323 mm, original blue goatskin by Zaehnsdorf, with small triangular area of discoloration in lower outer corner of front cover folding case. New York, 1979-80
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one of 998 numbered sets of the superbly produced and definitive scholarly edition of the annotated anatomical drawings by Leonardo at Windsor Castle, consisting of a suite of facsimiles accompanied by text volumes containing reproductions with a transcription of his notes from the original Italian in mirror writing, an English translation, and extensive commentary. "In scientific accuracy, these drawings eclipse those in Vesalius and are not approached in artistic beauty by anything before the time of Soemmering and Scarpa"--Fielding Garrison in Choulant-Frank, page 105. DSB VIII, 203-06; Garrison-Morton 366.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 147.