Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Ashb. 361

Treatise on Architecture Facsimile Edition

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Probably written at the court of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino around 1480, the Treatise on Architecture by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1502), the famous painter, sculptor and architect from Siena, is one of the milestones of the architectural theory of the Italian Renaissance.

Following its two main topics – civil and military architecture – this work is a collection of the type of notes and drawings that so appealed to Leonardo da Vinci. It was no coincidence that this precious manuscript, also known as Codex Ashburnham 361, belonged to Leonardo, and it was most likely given to him by the author himself around 1490 while in Milan.

To date, this is the only book known securely to have been a part of Leonardo’s personal library, and around 1506 Leonardo annotated and embellished it with his own notes and drawings.

Manuscript book description compiled by the publisher.
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#1 Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini

Florence: Giunti Editore, 1979

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Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. 282 (Ashburnham 361), Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.

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Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. 282 (Ashburnham 361), Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.

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Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. 282 (Ashburnham 361), Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
Il codice Ashburnham 361 della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana di Firenze: trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
  • Commentary (Italian) by Firpo, Luigi; Marani, Pietro C.
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Treatise on Architecture: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

Slip-case containing two hand-bound volumes with gold tooling: the facsimile of the codex, and the volume with transcriptions and comments.

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#2 Trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini

Florence: Giunti Editore, 1994

Trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. 282 (Ashburnham 361), Trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
Trattato di architettura di Francesco di Giorgio Martini facsimile edition by Giunti Editore.
  • Commentary (Italian) by Firpo, Luigi; Marani, Pietro C.; Mussini, Massimo
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Treatise on Architecture: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

Leather-covered slip-case (size 268 x 395 x 70 mm) containing three hand-bound volumes with gold tooling: the facsimile of the codex, the volume with transcriptions and comments edited by Pietro C. Marani (XXVIII-136 pages), and the volume with the facsimile reproduction of the 4 ‘Fogli Reggiani’ (the four unpublished folios, illustrated with 44 pen drawings of ancient and modern military machines, discovered only a few years ago and conserved at the Biblioteca Municipale in Reggio Emilia) with transcription for a total of 40 pages.

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Quarter leather.

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