About this title: Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts includes writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates plus over 500 additional drawings.
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight. 499pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Vol.2, later printing, lightly used clean copy, softcover in VERY GOOD plus condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, spine perfect, covers bright and glossy. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cover worn. Back corner creased. Pages clean. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 2 vols., illus.; 28 cm. First published, 1883. COMPLETE SET. Near fine. Tight, clean copies. Light edgewear to wraps. Please note: Volumes One and Two. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good. #1459 2 volume set. Oversized softcover set, published by Dover. No marks in either book, scarce 2 volume set. 800 pages total. I appreciate your business. Thank you! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Good. Good condition. label on the bind. price tag on the cover. signature on the inside. Goodwillnyonline carries a wide range of quality new and used items at competitive prices. Goodwillnyonline is operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey. A major provider of services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Very Good. 0486225739. Usual bookstore stickers. Signs of handling to extrems, gentle rubbing to panels. Otherwise a very clean and tight copy, internally pristine with NO markings. Artists. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; Volume 2; 1.1 x 10.5 x 7.8 Inches; 514 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780486225739ISBN:0486225739
Description: Very Good+ 0486225739. Light wear to cover. Otherwise the book is in pristine condition; pages are clean with NO markings, binding tight. Artists. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.; Volume 2; 1.1 x 10.5 x 7.8 Inches; 514 pages. read more
Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
"Step into the mind of a true genius! This book is filled with Leonardo's insightful thoughts and interpretations about a wide variety of topics such as: the elements, flight, art, and even some short tales. It contains a small biography of Leonardo giving the reader a good sense of setting. It also organizes Leonardo's notebooks into basic and easy to follow categories, allowing the reader to pick and choose what interests them the most. This makes the book a joy to read. It does not have to be read front to back; the reader is able to skip around and read what they feel like at that moment. On the downside there are a few minor details that damper its enjoyment. The first is the enormous amount of references to manuscripts. In the reading they have annotations which point to the back where the manuscripts are listed, but this creates confusion while reading, since many of the references are not well known. The other downside is the lack of illustrations. Even though there are a couple integrated into the writing, Leonardo was known for his many sketches, and the lack of these leaves the reader with a sense of emptiness for Leonardo's thoughts. Overall this book is a well organized piece of Leonardo Da Vinci's deepest thoughts, allowing the reader to dive into the mind of a mastermind."
""Force arises from dearth or abundance; it is the child of physical motion, and the grandchild of spiritual motion, and the mother and origin of gravity." 186
"Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past. Prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly." 252
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience." 288
"Just as eating contrary to the inclination is injurious to the health, so study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in." 302
"No counsel is more trustworthy than that which is given upon ships that are in peril." 302"
"One of the defining periods of my life was when I read Leonardo's notebooks. His awareness, curiosity, and maddening drive towards perfection of his understanding of reality is beautiful.
You really get a grasp of his personality from the notebooks. He suffered greatly from the thought that he'd die before I got it all figured out."
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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. 1
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Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo De Vinci
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