Large-scale monograph on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. "This volume is the most complete and authoritative work ever produced on Leonardo. It was originally published in Italy by the Istituto Geografico De Agostini just before the war, in conjunction with the famous exhibition of Leonardo's work in Milan in 1938. Recently, Emil Vollmer, the German publisher joined with the Istituto and re-edited the volume, making entirely new illustration plates from which this edition is printed. The quality throughout is greatly improved over the original edition, particularly in respect to the color reproductions, which are of unusual faithfulness and beauty. [...] This work reproduces in full color the major paintings, all of the drawings of consequence and, in addition, shows the various schools that he influenced throughout Europe. It represents an achievement in the art of book-making that Leonardo could have inspired." -- from interior flap. Written contributions by Constantino Baroni, Ignazio Calvi, Giorgio Nicodemi, Adolfo Venturi, Nello Taschiani, Alessandro Visconti, Emilio Lavagnino, Diego Valeri, Leopoldo Mabilleau, Enrico Carusi, Vioanni Gentile, Fausto M. Bongioanni, Pietro Bautier, Tancred Borenius, Gert Adriani, Umberto Cisotti, Pio Emanuelli, Sebastiano Timpanaro, Augusto Marinoni, Enrico Magni-Dufflocq, Gino CHierici, Arturo Uccelli, Ambrogio Annoni, Guglielmo Suida, Francesco Cutry, Sandro Piantanida, Giuseppe Favaro, Filippo Bottazzi, Luigi Leinati, G. Panconcelli-Calzia, Domenico Argentieri, Antonio Baldacci, Federico Sacco, Carlo Zammattio, Roberto Marcolongo, and Giovanni Canestrini. Includes bibliographical note, bibliography, bibliographical supplement, indices, and numerous biographical documents such as note recording of Leonardo's birth, early drawings, and his writings. Printed in black-and-white and color, with 1,609 gravure illustrations and 12 full color plates.