Leonardo Da Vinci, Drawings of Textile Machines Tapa dura - 1979

Wiltshire: Moonraker Press, 1979. Hard covers in tidy condition with a similar dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wiltshire, UK: Moonraker Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1979. Hard Cover. 4to 0239001931 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 120 pages clean and tight. Plates. Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm. Although Leonardo's drawings of textile machines in the Codice Atlantico in Milan and the recently discovered Madrid Manuscripts comprise only a very small - and comparatively unimportant - section of the great artist's work, they are nevertheless interesting as a group not only because they illustrate his amazing genius yet again, but also because, when looked at together, they throw an interesting light on the history of textile inventions. In this book an attempt has been made to arrange the drawings in a logical order based on the sequence of textile processing, and in a short introduction the editor describes the nature of these processes. Each drawing is accompanied by a commentary and - where applicable - a… Leer más

Wiltshire:: Moonraker Press, 1979., 1979. 4to. vii, 120 pp. Illus., glossary. Gilt-stamped green cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0239001931 An English translation of the textile-machine portion of the CODEX ATLANTICUS, with reproductions of 55 figures. Includes, "The technical development of the industry."

Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire [Atlantic Highlands] N.J. : Moonraker Press ; Humanities Press, 1979. Hardback edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Subjects; Textile machinery Drawing. Textile machinery Design and construction. Textile machinery Drawings by Da Vinci, Leonardo. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519; history.

Humanities Press International Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0239001931 . 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 120 pages .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.