Leonardo, Da Vinci (1452 - 1519), artist	Fontes ambrosiani in lucem editi cura et studio bibliothecae ambrosianae. Cento tavole del Codice Resta. [...] Milano, 1955. [15 p.], 100 numbered plates. Fubini Giorgio (a cura)	€2500,00

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Elephant Folio (520 mm x 370 mm), reverse-calf spine, publisher´s binding. Very light cover wear, internally very good to mint. VERY GOOD TO MINT. Facsimile edition of the famous Codice Resta, 1706: an exquisite collection of seventeenth-century drawings in the Ambrosiana Library, many published here for the first time. There are drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Andrea Mantegna, Correggio, Tintoret Nicolas Poussin, and many others. With text in Italian, French, English, and German. Loose insertions of rare prints and engravings from Alexander N. Benois collection, pencil drawing by a N.B., a prominent Russian émigré artist, art historian and stage designer. DETAILS, THE LIST OF INSERTIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON REQUEST. Provenance: From N. B. Library bought by US antiquarian shop in 1982, resold to EG private art library in Berlin, AGO Galerie reference library (from 1999 to 2011) S.T. private art library and art collection. Present owner (2012).