Bibliography of Printed Editions of Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting
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Re-Reading Leonardo. The Treatise on Painting across Europe, 1550-1900
Edited and introduced by Claire Farago
[1] The reference bibliography is still considered to be Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura / Treatise on Painting: a Bibliography, by Kate Steinitz, published in Copenhagen in 1958.
[2] The bibliography is divided into four sections: (a) printed editions of the Treatise on Painting; (b) printed editions of extracts from the Treatise on Painting: This category is, in our opinion, the most ambiguous, since, in the intentions of the author, it includes "excerpts and plagiarized versions or extracts from Leonardo’s Trattato" (p. 570). Within, there are heterogeneous titles: the Treaties of Lancillotti, Borghini, and so on up to Carlo Pedretti, On Painting. A Lost Book (Book A); (c) printed editions of the Paragone fra le arti (Comparison between the arts) only, (d) ghost editions, or those editions of the Treaty that have historically been mentioned in the specialized literature, but of which it has not been found any physical confirmation.
[3] Of particular note is that the mere reprints of already issued editions are included in the group (a) under the reference to the original publication. An example, to make it more understandable: if you look in the group (a), the Bologna edition of the Treatise, which dates back to 1786, it is not located under the year 1786, but under the first printed edition of 1651, because it is considered a mere reprint of the latter. In our view, this choice is questionable. In the specific case, this is not a facsimile reprint: images, for example, result in different positions with respect to the 1651 first edition. To avoid misunderstanding, it is suggested to always start from the Chronological index of printed editions (pp. 597-602), and from there to go back to the data sheet to which each entry refers.
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