[LEONARDO DA VINCI] - Trattato della pittura di Lionardo da Vinci tratto da un codice della Biblioteca Vaticana e dedicato alla maestà di Luigi XVIII re di Francia e di Navarra. Rome: De Romanis, 1817.   “The widest and most correct [edition] according to the ancient original” (Cicognara 237), which reproduces the Treatise on Painting by Leonardo da Vinci from an ancient codex preserved in the Vatican Library.   Folio (295 x 215mm). Engraved portrait of Leonardo as frontispiece, XXII numbered plates (some foxing). Contemporary percalline backed in calf decorated in gilt, uncut (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: A. Padula (armorial bookplate).

Estimate € 200 - 300

Sold € 400