Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... appended; "Originally the property of some Dominicans, afterwards transferred to the Museum; it represents the Virgin and Jesus, and is painted on copper, silvered by a preparation much used among artists of the Florentine school, but which has the disadvantage of causing the painting to turn black and peel off after a certain time; of this the picture we are speaking of is an example." 17.--Madonnas At Florence. According to Gaye and Bottari, Leonardo painted two Madonnas when he was at Florence, and these were said to be almost finished in 1507; they are nqw apparently lost. iii. drawings and sketches. There are several collections of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. The most important are in the Ambrosian Library, Milan; the Gallery of the Louvre, Paris; the Koyal Gallery, Florence; the Albertina Gallery, Vienna; the Academy, Venice; the Print Room, British Museum; the Royal Library, Windsor Castle; Christ Church College, Oxford; the Duke of Devonshire's Library; the Earl of Warwick's Collection; and that of Mr. Malcolm, of Poltalloch. the ambrosian library, milan contains, among the more important drawings, the following Twenty-four Subjects selected from the " Codice Atlantico" to illustrate the Saggio Delle Opere Di Leonardo Da Vinoi.1 1. Fac-simile of the autograph letter sent by Leonardo to Lodovico il Moro, about 1483. 1 Milan, 1872. 2. Rough sketch and map of Milan and its environs. 3. Various machines for raising water. 4. A canal with sluices and weirs, and details of same. 5. Plan for excavating and embanking a canal, with long ms. details. 6. Coloured sketch for delivery of water from the canal of S. Cristoforo. 7. Sketch map of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean with ms. notes as to their respectiv