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TIL: The Codex Leicester, a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, holds the record for the sale price of any book. It was sold to Bill Gates for $US30,802,500.
The Codex Leicester is a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The Codex provides insight into the mind of the artist and illustrates the link between art and science. It is owned by Bill Gates and put on public display once a year in a different city around the world.
TIL Bill Gates purchased the Codex Leicester, one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebook, for a whopping $30.8 million, and made it openly available on Windows Vista.
The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as the Codex Hammer) is a collection of scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The codex is named after Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1717.
Leonardo Da Vinci's Codex Leicester is the most comprehensive scholarly edition of any of Leonardo's manuscripts. It contains a high-quality facsimile reproduction of the Codex, a new transcription and translation, accompanied by a paraphrase in modern language and a page-by-page commentary, and a series of interpretative essays.The Codex Leicester
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Jul 16, 2019 · Now, in Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester — a new four-volume edition of the 72-page scientific notebook, composed after 1508 — science historian Domenico Laurenza and I show how his ...
