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The drawings and miscellaneous papers of Leonardo da Vinci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Vol. 2: Horses and other animals: PB 89-2003

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Titles

The drawings and miscellaneous papers of Leonardo da Vinci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle. Vol. 2: Horses and other animals

Maker(s)

Publisher: Johnson Reprint Company Limited
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Editor: Pedretti, Carlo
Designer: Pedretti, Carlo
Printer: University Printing House
Binder (person): Zaehnsdorf

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Description

Edited by Carlo Pedretti.

Catalogue (xvi, 230p) and folder of facsimiles (90 leaves) in a solander box ; 48cm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England
  • New York ⪼ USA
  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1987

Note

"This edition, comprising a text volume in a Solander box with facsimile drawings, is limited to 370 sets, of which 350 are for sale". This is the "consultant's copy". "Designed by Carlo Pedretti ... text printed at the University Printing House, Cambridge on fifty per cent rag fourdrinier-made, parchment 155 GSM, facsimiles printed at the White Dove Press, Essex on pure rag mould-made, parchment 235 GSM, made by the Inveresk Paper Company in Wells, Somerset, supplied by John D. Henderson & Company, bound by Zaehnsdorf of London."--t.p. verso. Catalogue and Solander box both quarter-bound in leather with cloth sides.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 89-2003
Primary reference Number: 94704
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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