Science & Technology

Numerous b&w illustrations from Da Vinci’s own sketch-books and photographs of models built to Da Vinci’s designs (see specimen pages below), bibliography, chronology & list of inventions, 110 pp, salmon boards with plastic-covered d/w, spine & rear edges a little sunned, otherwise in very good condition, Phaidon Press 1978

27.9 x 21 cm, 680g, ISBN 0 71481 813 5

Da Vinci’s designs for ornithopters and gliders are well-known – less well-known are his designs for self-propelled road vehicles, variable-speed gearing and water turbines.

See the description (below) from the dustwrapper flap.

Long out of print.