The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci

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The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci

by Jean Paul Richter

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Our most recommended books

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art by Joseph Leo Koerner

Theory and Design in the First Machine Age by Reyner Banham

The Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari

Ba-ra-kei by Eikoh Hosoe

The London County Council Bomb Maps by Laurence Ward

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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger

The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art
by Joseph Leo Koerner

Theory and Design in the First Machine Age
by Reyner Banham

The Lives of the Artists
by Giorgio Vasari

Ba-ra-kei
by Eikoh Hosoe

The London County Council Bomb Maps
by Laurence Ward