Main entry:

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Title & Author:

A treatise of painting, by Leonardo da Vinci ; translated from the original Italian, and adorn'd with a great number of cuts ; to which is prefix'd the author's life, done from the last edition of the French.

Publication:

London : Printed for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ..., MDCCXXI [1721]

Description:

[16], 189, [19] p., [37] leaves of plates (3 folded) : ill., port. (engravings) ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes:
This is the first English ed. (see Steinitz, p. 159).
"The life of Leonardo da Vinci": p. 1-27.
Dedication signed: John Senex.
Signatures: A-O⁸ (L3 incorrectly signed K3).
Includes index.
Bookseller's advertisements: p. [17-19] at end.
Errata: p. 189.
Title page printed in red and black.
LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Imperfect: one folded leaf of plates is mutilated.
DLC
Sowerby, F.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 4237
English Short Title Catalogue, T174885
Steinitz. K.T. Da Vinci's Trattato, 1651-1956, Belt 7, Verga 4
LC copy has inscription: Lemuel Barnard's, Bot. of Israel Mun Anno Domini 1782. Gift, L.H. Cramer, 8 Mar. 1920.

Subject:

Painting Early works to 1800.
Peinture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Painting

Form/genre:

Early works

Added entries:

Senex, John, -1740, bookseller.
Taylor, William, -1723, bookseller.
Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22850
Call No.: ID:87-B9762
Status: Available