£850
Da Vinci (L), 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 PREFIXED THE AUTHOR’S LIFE; DONE FROM THE LAST EDITION OF THE FRENCH, first thus, full leather, Kenyon bookplates to inside cover and front free endpaper, laid paper, engraved frontispiece, title page printed in black and red, dedication to Sir Thomas Hanmer, thirty three numbered plates (nos 23 and 24 reversed, two numbered 26) and two foldout tables, J. Senex and W. Taylor, London 1721
Provenance: The Estate of Lord Kenyon, Gredington.
All front corners bumped. Shelf wear to bottom board edges. Shelf wear to both covers. Spine fully attached, but but leather split at front cover and beginning to split at rear cover, with further split to the centre of the spine. Foxing and staining to endpapers. Minor foxing, yellowing to pages and darkening to page edges throughout, with further odd small marks. Block appears tight, but falls open at a split between p96/97. Page number punched through on p51 (presumably at printing).
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