THE MANUSCRIPTS

OF

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Manuscripts original: "manuscrits" — referring to the vast collection of notebooks where Leonardo recorded his observations, inventions, and artistic theories., Leonardo da Vinci The famous Italian polymath (1452–1519) whose work spanned art, science, and engineering.

This title page introduces a scholarly compilation of Leonardo's notes. These documents are famous for their "mirror writing" (written from right to left) and contain some of the most significant scientific and artistic observations of the Renaissance.