719 - VINCI, LEONARDO DA

VINCI, LEONARDO DA VINCI, Leonardo da.—"CODEX MADRID" B.: Egeria, 2009. Quarto, full leather, cloth slipcase. 5 vols. distributed as follows: I and II, facsimiles of the Codex Madrid; III, introductory study; IV and V: translation. Numbered copy, limited edition. The Codex Madrid (or Madrid Codices) comprises manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci discovered at the National Library of Spain in Madrid in 1964, dealing with mechanics, statics, geometry, and fortifications. Its importance lies in the fact that its 540 pages constitute nearly 15% of Leonardo’s known notes.