ORIGINAL HARDCOVER PRINTING NOW 84 YEARS OLD AND IN VERY FINE CONDITION
OVER 100 WORKS OF ART MASTERFULLY REPRODUCED IN THIS BOOK
INCLUDES SECTIONS ON WITCHCRAFT, ALCHEMISTS, THE OCCULT, SPIRITUALISM, INVENTIONS, THE OCCULT, AND MORE
SCARCE FIND FOR COLLECTORS AND LOVERS OF THE GREAT DA VINCI
This is a very beautiful, fascinating, and one-of-a-kind book on Leonardo Da Vinci. Although it was printed in the 1950's you would never tell by looking at it as it has been beautifully preserved for over half a century. Boasting a large sale compendium of some of his most famous works as well as seldomly seen drawings and paintings. For anyone who has a love of the great masters' works, you will find this edition to be a gem of a find.
The novel constitutes the second part of the Christ and Antichrist trilogy (1895-1907), which started by the writer's debut novel The Death of the Gods. The novel starts with the merchant Buonarcozzi digging out the statue of Venus, with Leonardo invited as an expert. This echoes the final scene of The Death of the Gods with Arsinoya's prophecy about "future brothers" who will dig out the precious bones of Hellas, and start worshipping them again. The adventures of the great artist and thinker of the Renaissance are set against the background of conflicts and tragedies, all going to show the new epoch's re-emerging humanism, harking back to the spirit of Antiquity and contrasting the monastic horrors of the Middle Ages.
Overall nice condition for a book of this age. Does show browning to pages and has a small cut on the upper portion of spine. But overall a nice clean well kept printing.
Product code: 1938 LEONARDO sale DA VINCI Gorgeous Witchcraft Alchemists 100 + Illustrations (Rare)