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Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition - Volume I: The Codex (Hardcover)
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Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester: A New Edition - Volume I: The Codex (Hardcover)
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Leonardo's greatest work of science beautifully reproduced for the
500th anniversary of his death. This edition offers a high-quality
facsimile reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester, a
collection of his scientific writings. Named after Thomas Coke
(later Earl of Leicester) who purchased it in 1719, Codex Leicester
holds the record as the most expensive book ever when it was bought
by Bill Gates in 1994. Consisting of 72 pages, it was handwritten
in Italian by Leonardo using his characteristic mirror writing, and
is supported by drawings and diagrams. The Codex Leicester is an
extraordinary mixture of Leonardo's observations and theories.
Topics include his explanation of why fossils can be found on
mountains; the flow of water in rivers; and the luminosity of the
moon which Leonardo attributed to its surface being covered by
water which reflects light from the sun. The facsimile reproduction
is complemented by three further volumes that include a new
transcription and translation, accompanied by a paraphrase in
modern language, a page-by-page commentary, and a series of
interpretative essays. These four volumes together introduce
important new research into the interpretation of the texts and
images, on the setting of Leonardo's ideas in the context of
ancient and medieval theories, and above all into the notable
fortunes of the Codex within the sciences of astronomy, water, and
the history of the earth, opening a new field of research into the
impact of Leonardo as a scientist after his death.
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