The Codex Hammer of Leonardo da Vinci / translated into English and annotated by Carlo Pedretti

Object Details

Author

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

Pedretti, Carlo

Hammer, Armand 1898-1990

Subject

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Manuscripts Facsimiles

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc Facsimiles

Includes a text volume ([4], vii-lx, 219, [1] p. : ill. ; 45 cm.), a notarized colophon sheet ([4] p. : 1 ill., 2 facsims. ; 45 cm.), a facsimile of the recto and verso of a sheet of figure studies ("Hammer 20") in a mat folder, and a facsimile v. ([72] p. : facsims. ; 30 cm.).

Facsimile in Italian, written in reverse script.

Text v. has foreword by Armand Hammer.

"The original edition is limited to 963 numbered copies plus a special series of thirty-five copies reserved ... and numbered I to XXXV"--Notarized colophon sheet, p. [2].

"In addition to the facsimile of the Codex Hammer, the present publication includes the facsimile of the recto and verso of a sheet of figure studies ('Hammer 20') ... dating from the same time as the Codex, c. 1508-10. The outline of a doorway [shown in a reproduced tracing above this statement] which frames one of the figures is drawn with a metal point and is invisible in reproduction."--Notarized colophon sheet, p. [4].

Includes indexes.

1987

C1987

Call number

ND623.L5 A4 1987

Type

Early works to 1800

Physical description

1 portfolio : ill., facsims. ; 49 cm

Place

Moon

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Manuscripts, Italian--Facsimiles

Water--Early works to 1800

Physical geography

Figure drawing

Record ID

siris_sil_481493

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0