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LEONARDO DA VINCI

SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS

Emblems and Riddles

original: "Devises et Rébus". In the Renaissance, a 'devise' was a symbolic image paired with a motto, while a 'rébus' was a picture-puzzle representing words or phrases.

UNPUBLISHED FOLIOS, REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINALS

PRESERVED

AT THE LIBRARY OF WINDSOR CASTLE

Publication honored

by the Subscription of the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts

PARIS

ÉDOUARD ROUVEYRE, PUBLISHER

76, RUE DE SEINE, 76

1901

original: "MDCCCCI"