JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 18 August 2026 / 10:00 am start
An English translation of 'A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo da Vinci',
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Lot Details
London, 1796. New edition. 8vo, pp.xii, 189, [21]; 27 plates, some folding; calf binding with gilt coat-of-arms, boards loose, much pencil marginalia and hatching. Inscriptions to FEP 'This copy belonged to the Duke of York’ (Frederick Augustus), his armorial stamp to spine, and ‘W. Probyn-Nevins/bought second hand/Sep '87'. In accompanying Solander case.
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