DA VINCI, LEONARDO. 1452-1519., TRICHET DU FRESNE, RAPHAEL, editor. 1611-1661.

Trattato della Pittura di Lionardo da Vinci. Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651.

TRICHET DU FRESNE, RAPHAEL, editor. 1611-1661. Trattato della Pittura di Lionardo da Vinci. Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651.
2 parts in 1 volume. 4to (381 x 275 mm). Portrait frontispiece of Da Vinci in each part, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials. Rebacked contemporary calf. Light wear to binding, minor spotting, front blank with extensive ink inscriptions.

FIRST EDITION of Leonardo's treatise on painting, compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi. The text and illustrations are repeated here, first in Italian in part 1 and then in French in part 2. Cicognara 232; Goldsmith V, 463.