FIRE original Latin: "IGNIS"

AIR original Latin: "AER"

LEONARDO

DA VINCI

THE THINKER, RE-

SEARCHER, AND POET.

ACCORDING TO THE PUB-

LISHED MANUSCRIPTS

SELECTION, TRANSLATION

& INTRODUCTION BY MA-

RIE HERZFELD. 2nd EN-

LARGED EDITION. JENA 1906

EUGEN DIEDERICHS PUBLISHERS

WATER original Latin: "AQUA"

EARTH original Latin: "TERRA"

The title page is framed by an intricate woodcut border by Emil Rudolf Weiß, a prominent book designer of the Jugendstil the German branch of Art Nouveau movement. The four corners contain symbolic representations of the four classical elements: the Sun for Fire, an Eagle for Air, Fish for Water, and a basket of fruit for Earth.