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<dl><dd>Binding: drab paper backed in calfskin, corners in vellum. Spine gilt tooled with title on black label and owner's name "L. Laporte" at foot. Laporte's ownership inscription on half title</dd>
<dd>"A reprint of Giffart's edition of 1716"-- Steinitz. Giffart notes in his preface that he corrected Chambray's 1651 French translation of the Trattato, and corrected &amp; enlarged Chambray's translation of Trichet du Fresne's life of Leonardo. See Préface, p. [i]-iij</dd>
<dd>Colophon: A Paris, de l'imprimerie de Crapelet</dd>
<dd>Plate 1 is etched frontispiece port. of Leonardo. Plates 2-34 are etchings after drawings by Poussin that were appended to Mazenta's manuscript Memorie on Leonardo's life. They are mostly in line, having been freed of Errard's shading and additions; see Steinitz. In-text woodcut diagrams</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi² a-c⁸ d⁶ A-Y⁸ X⁸(-X8)</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Steinitz, K. Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della pittura</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Painting; Painting</div>
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<dl><dd>Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519</dd>
<dd>Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665</dd>
<dd>Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606-1676</dd>
<dd>Trichet du Fresne, Raphael, 1611-1661</dd>
<dd>Giffart, Pierre François, 1677-1758</dd>
<dd>Deterville, Jean-François-Pierre, 1766-1842</dd>
<dd>Crapelet, Charles, 1762-1809</dd></dl></div>
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