TREATISE

ON PAINTING

BY LEONARDO

DA VINCI,

Newly published, with the life of the same author, written

BY RAPHAËL DU FRESNE.

To which have been added the three books on painting, and the treatise on the statue

by Leon Battista Alberti, with a biography of the same.

I N P A R I S ,

At the workshop of GIACOMO LANGLOIS, ordinary printer to the Most Christian King original: "rè Christianissimo"; a traditional title for the Kings of France, in this case, Louis XIV, at

Mount St. Geneviève, opposite the fountain, at the sign of the Queen of Peace.

1651.

WITH THE KING’S PRIVILEGE. A "privilege" was a legal grant of exclusive publishing rights, an early form of copyright protection issued by the monarch.

The engraving on this page, created by René Lochon, features three putti (winged infants) surrounding a royal monogram. The interlaced "L" beneath a crown represents King Louis XIV, signaling the royal patronage under which this prestigious work was published.