Leonardo da Vinci on the Human Body: The Anatomical, Physiological, and Embryological Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci with Translations, Emendations and a Biographical Introduction
by da Vinci, Leonardo; O'Malley, Charles D.; Saunders, J. B. de C. M. (eds)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, USA: Henry Schuman, 1952. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. da Vinci, Leonardo. 506pp. Reproductions of anatomical drawings from da Vinci notebooks. Light brown endpapers. Brown cloth w blindstamp lettering to cover, black quarterwrap spine w gold lettering. Fading to bottom edges, very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. DJ shows surface scuff to fore edges, wear and small chip to front bottom edge, corners worn, chipping and shallow loss to head. DJ preserve in mylar cover. Quarto. 2.3kg before packaging. "Leonardo's note-books [arranged] so as to indicate systematically what the extent of his anatomical studies was.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048680
- Title
- Leonardo da Vinci on the Human Body: The Anatomical, Physiological, and Embryological Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci with Translations, Emendations and a Biographical Introduction
- Author
- da Vinci, Leonardo; O'Malley, Charles D.; Saunders, J. B. de C. M. (eds)
- Illustrator
- da Vinci, Leonardo
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Schuman
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Keywords
- Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. NOISBN Anatomy, Individual Artist, Reference, Human Figure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Health and Medicine;
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- Blindstamp
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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