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Leonardo da Vinci and His Treatise on Painting
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"... is a digital archive dedicated to the Treatise on Painting, the pivotal text for disseminating Leonardo's art theory in Renaissance and Baroque Europe."
Books by Leonardo, da Vinci at Project Gutenberg

Drawings by Leonardo, da Vinci
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Introd. by Elmer Belt
The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da Vinci
Call Number: ND1130.L581 G3

Leonardo da Vinci on art and the artist, the material assembled, edited and introduced by André Chastel. Translated from the French by Ellen Callmann.
Leonardo da Vinci's note-books by Leonardo, da Vinci
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arranged and rendered into English, with introductions, by Edward McCurdy, M.A.
Leonardo on Painting: An Anthology of Writings by Martin Kemp (Editor)
Call Number: ND1130 .L47213 2001

ISBN: 9780300090956
The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci by Leonardo, da Vinci
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text in Italian and English.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da Vinci
Call Number: ND623.L5 A15 R535

ISBN: 0486225720

Compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter
Text in English and Italian, with introductory material and notes in English. English translations mainly by Mrs. R. C. Bell.
A Treatise of Painting by Leonardo, da Vinci
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A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo, Da Vinci
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Translated from the original Italian. Illustrated with a great number of cuts. To Which IS Added The Life of the Author, And a Portrait from a Picture in the Duke Of Tuscany's Gallery At Florence.

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