LEONARDO Da Vinci, Tractat von der Mahlerey.

Tractat von der Mahlerey.

Aus dem Italiänischen und Frantzösischen in das Teutsche übersetzet; Auch nach dem Original mit vielen Kupfern und saubern Holzschnitten versehen: und mit beygefuegten Leben des Auctoris zum Druck befördert, von J. G. Böhm Sen. Nürnberg 1724. druckts Lorentz Bieling. In Verlegung J. Chr. Weige. (23.5 x 18.5 cm), p. [11], p. 200, p. [5], 23 copperplate engravings on separate plates (including 1 portrait), numerous woodcuts in the text, period leather binding.
Traces of dampstain, soiling and stains, several pages with tears, one page with corner loss without damage to text, 1 copperplate colored, strong abrasions of binding and non. losses in leather, missing regester (5 cards) and 6 copperplate engravings. (Issue 1 in German). Printing of title page in black and red. A lavishly illustrated celebrated "Treatise on Painting," in which the most innovative and revealing passages deal with light and shadow, color and color reflex; issues of anatomy and movement and geometric perspective were also important to the author.