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LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
(DA VINCI, LEONARDO). Zollner, Frank & Johannes Nathan. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2003. First Edition. Stout Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Fine. 696pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an Audio CD. "This sumptuous Taschen offering is the most thorough and beautifully produced Leonardo book ever published. Part one explores Leonardo's life and work in ten chapters, drawing upon his letters, contracts, diary entries, and writings. All of his paintings are presented and interpreted in depth, with "The Annunciation" and "The Last Supper" featured in large double-spreads. Part two comprises a catalogue raisonné of Leonardo's paintings, which covers all of his surviving and lost painted works and includes texts describing their states of preservation. Each and every painting that can be justifiably attributed to Leonardo is included here; thanks to new findings and scientific research, this is the first time his definitive painting oeuvre is being published. Part three contains an extensive catalogue of his drawings (numbering in the thousands, they cannot all be reproduced in one book); six hundred and sixty-three are presented, arranged by category (architecture, technical, anatomical, figures, proportion, cartography, etc.). Over half of the drawings included were provided by Windsor Castle, marking the first time that the Castle has allowed a publisher to reproduce so many of their drawings". A most handsome example of the unavailable 2003 single volume, first folio-sized edition. 3-8228-1734-1 Inventory Number: 025013