UNPUBLISHED LEAVES OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

(Library of Windsor Castle)

BOTANY


Leaf No. 1.	Leaf No. 10.
Leaf No. 2.	Leaf No. 11.
Leaf No. 3.	Leaf No. 12.
Leaf No. 4.	Leaf No. 13.
Leaf No. 5.	Leaf No. 14.
Leaf No. 6.	Leaf No. 15.
Leaf No. 7.	Leaf No. 16.
Leaf No. 8.	Leaf No. 17.
Leaf No. 9.

The reproduction of each page is preceded by a label

divided into two parts: one indicating the sequential number under

which the leaf is published, the other being reserved for the classification

of subjects unrelated to Botany.

Leonardo often mixed different subjects—such as geometry or mechanics—on the same sheet of paper; the editor here explains how they have organized these disparate notes.

Leaf original: "Feuillet"; in archival terms, a single sheet of paper, often referred to as a folio, which has a front (recto) and a back (verso)., Botany The scientific study of plants, a subject Leonardo approached with both artistic precision and scientific inquiry.