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Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Volume 2: text: PB 90-2003

Object information

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Titles

Corpus of the anatomical studies in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Volume 2: text

Maker(s)

Publisher: Johnson Reprint Company Limited
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Editor: Pedretti, Carlo
Editor: Keele, Kenneth D.
Printer: Curwen Press
Binder (person): Zaehnsdorf

Categories

Description

Leonardo da Vinci ; [edited] by Kenneth D. Keele and Carlo Pedretti.

Spine title: Anatomical studies by Leonardo da Vinci : The Queen's Collection at Windsor Castle.

473-1025p : ill. ; 48 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England
  • New York ⪼ USA

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1980

Note

"This English edition, comprising two volumes of text and a Solander box of facsimile drawings, is limited to 998 sets, of which 970 are for sale. This copy is number 9 ..." Museum has only second volume of text. "Designed and printed at the Curwen Press, London on fifty per cent rag fourdrinier made parchment 155 GSM made by the Inveresk Paper Company in Wells, Somerset, supplied by John D. Henderson & Company, bound by Zaehnsdorf of London."--t.p. verso. Fully bound in Nigerian goatskin dyed the royal blue; spine lettered and stamped in gilt; gilt page edges.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 90-2003
Primary reference Number: 94706
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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