Leonardo
by Leonardo da Vinci, Kunster, Erfinder and Wissenschaftler
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Bill Gates bought the Codex Leicester a notebook of Leonardo da Vinci's scientific observations and theories in 1994 from the estate of Armand Hammer for $30.8 million. Last year Gates loaned the work to Australia's Powerhouse Museum, which prepared this companion to its exhibition. No longer in codex form (the pages were bound in the 1600s, but Gates had the binding dismantled for digital reproduction), the manuscript ranges over topics from fossils to astronomy. Each recto of this edition reproduces one of Leonardo's pages, written in mirror-script Italian with sketches jotted in the margins; a discussion (but not a translation) appears on the verso. It includes an introduction to Leonardo's life, but no index.
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- Who wrote Leonardo?
Leonardo is by Leonardo da Vinci, Kunster, Erfinder, Wissenschaftler. The catalogue records its first publication in 1946. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Leonardo?
The catalogue records 140 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
