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THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK ON OPTICS
STUDIED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI
& TRANSLATED (IN PART) IN HIS CODEX ATLANTICUS
ARGUABLY THE FIRST BOOK WITH PRINTED DIAGRAMS
Item #5997 Perspectiva co(mmun)is. LEONARDO DA VINCI, Johannes de / PECKHAM, Archbishop of...
[LEONARDO DA VINCI] / PECKHAM [or PECHAM], Johannes de, Archbishop of Canterbury / [CARDANO, Fazio].
[Milan], Petrus de Corneno, [1482/1483?].

Perspectiva co(mmun)is.

Rare first edition of the first publication on optics (perspectiva), and a crucial text that was studied by Leonardo da Vinci. Johannes de Peckham’s (England c. 1230-1292) Perspectiva communis is illustrated with 77 woodcut diagrams depicting the human eye, the nature of vision, and the eye’s role in the representation..... More

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