Leonardo Da Vinci's Note-Books (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Leonardo Da Vinci's Note-BooksThis he proceeded to do with scientific thoroughness yet it would seem that the reservation pressed somewhat hardly upon the poetic instinct; so soon as ever his purpose was accomplished the muse led him back in apparent contentment to the scorned fables.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.