The Codex Hammer of Leonardo da Vinci
By: translated into English and annotated by Carlo Pedretti
Contributors: Pedretti, Carlo; Hammer, Armand, 1898-1990
Publisher: Giunti Barbèra
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Florence, Italy
Language: eng
Subjects: Notebooks, sketchbooks; Facsimiles; Manuscripts; Italian Manuscripts; Codex Leicester
Other titles: Codex Leicester.
Work titles: Codex Leicester
Notes: Facsimile in Italian, written in reverse script.

Foreword by Armand Hammer.

"The original edition is limited to 963 numbered copies plus a special series of thirty-five copies reserved ... and numbered I to XXXV"--Notarized colophon sheet.

"In addition to the facsimile of the Codex Hammer, the present publication includes the facsimile of the recto and verso of a sheet of figure studies (ʻHammer 20') ... dating from the same time as the Codex, c. 1508-10. The outline of a doorway [shown in a reproduced tracing above this statement] which frames one of the figures is drawn with a metal point and is invisible in the reproduction."--Notarized colophon sheet.

In solander case of dark brown leather, with raised bands, title stamped in gold on spine, and publisher's device blind stamped on cover.

Includes a text volume (lx, 219, [1] p. : ill. ; 45 cm.), a notarized colophon sheet ([4] p., [2] p. of plates : 1 ill., 2 facsims. ; 45 cm.), and facsimile ([72] p. : facsims. ; 30 cm.).

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196).