Rare books auction includes important source for the study of da Vinci s works
Luca Pacioli, Divina proportione, Venice, 1509. Estimate: 80,000.
HAMBURG
.- This masterwork would not exist if it hadnt been for Leonardo da Vinci. The friend and student of the acclaimed mathematician Luca Pacioli did not only give impetus to Divina porportione, but also made many drawings for this milestone of Renaissance geometry. On May 31 this important source for the study of da Vincis works will be offered in the Rare Books Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg with an estimate of 80,000.
LOGICAL: Aristotle created the Logica vetus, an impressive parchment manuscript with fundamental texts on logic in France around 1250. It contains the primary texts for logical education throughout the entire medieval era. This extremely rare medieval text compilation was seminal for scholastic thining in the 13th and 14th century and will now be called up with an estimate of 60,000.