Leonardo da Vinci. Tractat of the Mahlerey. Translated from the Italian and Frantzöse into the Teusche; also with the life of the Auctoris brought to the pressure by J. G. Böhm. Second edition. 11 Bl., 200 pp., 5 Bl. With stung frontispiece, 28 partly folded copper boards and numerous text woodcuts. 23 x 18 cm. Marbled leather band d. Z. (somewhat rubbed, with weak scrap marks) with subtle gold plating and gold-embossed RSchild. Nuremberg, Andreas Bieling for Christoph Weigel, 1747. Ebert 23623. Locksmith 144. Graesse VI/II, 328. Verga 8. Ornament stitch collection 4616. Thieme-Becker XV, 203 – Second German edition of the frequently translated theoretical main work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), the first German edition was published in 1724. Under reordering of the chapters transferred from the first Italian and first French edition, published in 1651. – A little tanned and brownish, otherwise well preserved. The copper is mounted on leaf-sized grooves.