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A treatise on painting: PB 205-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A treatise on painting

Maker(s)

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Publisher: I. and J. Taylor

Categories

Description

By Leonardo da Vinci. 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.

A new edition

With annotations throughout. Signature on prelim leaf: "J. Turner 1862 (or 3?)".

London: Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn; 1796

Xii, 189, [19] p : plates (part fold) port ; 23 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2004) by Pouncey, Francoise Pouncey, Jacqueline

Dating

Production date: AD 1796

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 205-2004
Primary reference Number: 125110
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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