The Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci. Sale: London, Christie's, 1980. 180pp with 1 colour and 75 duotone plates and 17 duotone illustrations, including price list. Boards. 24.6x18.7cms. Auction of the Codex Leicester, a compilation in c.1510 of notes by Leonardo on water and cosmology, which Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, acquired from Ghezzi in 1717. It was sold in 1980 by the Trustees of Holkham Estate for £2,200,000.
Auction of the Codex Leicester, a compilation in c.1510 of notes by Leonardo on water and cosmology, which Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, acquired from Ghezzi in 1717. It was sold in 1980 by the Trustees of Holkham Estate for £2,200,000.
New York American Museum of Natural History 1996
After the acquisition of the "Codex Leicester" by Bill Gates in 1994, it was first shown in an exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Named after Thomas Coke - once Earl of Leicester who purchased it in 1717 - this became the most expensive manuscript ever sold. 178 pages - including numerous facsimiles. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap so has never been opened. 280 x 250 mm (11 x 9Ÿ inches). .
une boite illustrée avec un cd rom et un fac similé du codex Leicester
bon état, bien complet
2. London, Peter Owen, 1965, in-8°, xvi pp + 301 pp + 32 black/white ills. , publisher's blue cloth with dustwrapper. Nice copy of the hardback edition with minimal wear.
Un ouvrage de 179 pages, format 245 x 280 mm, illustré, broché, publié en 1997, Musée du Luxembourg / Digitug Editions, bon état
L'art de la science. Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée du Luxembourg (Paris) en 1997
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Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 1997, in-folio broché, 173 pp. Illustrations. Couverture avec de légères traces d'usage, sinon très bon état général.