[ [i93] Venturi, 36.
[ [i94] “Lettere Pittoriche, vol. ii.” Venturi, 36.
[ [i95] P. 36. His authority is Gerli, Disegni del Vinci, Milano, 1784, fol.
[ [i96] P. 42.
[ [i97] It is said, that this compilation is now in the Albani library. Venturi, 42.
[ [i98] The sketches to illustrate his meaning, were probably in Leonardo’s original manuscripts so slight as to require that more perfect drawings should be made from them before they could be fit for publication.
[ [i99] The identical manuscript of this Treatise, formerly belonging to Mons. Chardin, one of the two copies from which the edition in Italian was printed, is now the property of Mr. Edwards of Pall Mall. Judging by the chapters as there numbered, it would appear to contain more than the printed edition; but this is merely owing to the circumstance that some of those which in the manuscript stand as distinct chapters, are in the printed edition consolidated together.
[ [i100] Vasari, p. 37, gives the initials N. N.
[ [i101] Which Venturi, p. 6, professes his intention of publishing from the manuscript collections of Leonardo.
[ [i102] Bibliotheca Smithiana, 4to. Ven. 1755. Venturi, 44.