Leonardo da Vinci · Edition of 998
Two hand-bound facsimiles — the 1721 English first edition and the 1835 Rigaud edition — with ten art prints in a numbered Vivella slipcase.
Two hand-bound facsimiles · Ten art prints · Numbered Vivella slipcase
Today $360 · On release $600 — after the 998th copy: sold out, never reprinted
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EVERYTHING IN THE COLLECTION
The first English translation of Leonardo’s Treatise on Painting, faithfully reproduced.
Leonardo’s principles of anatomy, perspective, light, shadow and composition, illustrated.
A landmark English edition combining Leonardo’s teachings with a broader scholarly perspective.
The 1835 volume includes a biography of Leonardo and a catalogue of his principal works.
Both historic editions reproduced in their original format, colour and proportions.
A selection of Leonardo’s drawings, printed on fine art paper for collecting or framing.
A brown Vivella slipcase with blind embossing, created to house both volumes and prints.
One of only 998 numbered collector’s sets worldwide.
The story · c.1490 — 1835
Leonardo's genius was not only expressed in painting, architecture or engineering, but in his ability to observe, analyse and teach. He wrote it all down — and published none of it. Everything on this page happened after he died.
Not just a book — the foundation of modern artistic theory. Trattato della pittura · Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo records anatomy, perspective, light and shade, proportion and composition across thousands of loose sheets. No book, no order, no title.
His pupil Francesco Melzi gathers the scattered notes into a single manuscript — the Codex Urbinas, today in the Vatican Library.
The Trattato della pittura reaches print for the first time, 132 years after Leonardo's death, and begins to shape European artistic theory.
J. Senex & W. Taylor publish the first English translation, with 35 original engravings on anatomy, perspective, light, shadow and composition.
Painter John Francis Rigaud's translation, from J. B. Nichols and Son, adds a full biography and a catalogue of Leonardo's works.
Techniques of proportion, light and composition written to be used at the easel — which is exactly how Leonardo intended them.
The 1721 first English translation and the 1835 expanded edition, together for the first time — and numbered 001 to 998.
Five centuries later, read what he actually wrote about seeing — in the exact pages that carried him into English.
Edition of 998 · Pre-sale open
Facsimiles are printed once. When the 998th slipcase is numbered, the plates are retired — this edition is never reprinted, and every da Vinci edition we have closed has since traded above its issue price.
Or take the whole library
Five editions, one shelf, one number. The Treatise is included — and the set costs less than buying it and the four codices separately.
Complimentary worldwide shipping · English companion volumes included · 41 fine art plates across the set.
The record · 2019 — 2026
Four have already closed. This is what a TGB da Vinci edition does: it is announced, it is numbered, and it disappears. The Treatise is the only one still open at pre-sale price.
Two editorial treasures, one slipcase
Until now no collector could hold both. Here is exactly what each volume is.
In 1721 London published the first English translation of the treatise, issued by J. Senex and W. Taylor. Its 35 original engravings on anatomy, perspective, light, shadow and composition made Leonardo legible to a new nation of artists — and made this printing a collector's gem.
Published by J. B. Nichols and Son and translated by the painter John Francis Rigaud, the 1835 edition went further than teaching: a full biography of Leonardo, a catalogue of his works and the scholarly apparatus that researchers and art historians still cite today.
Included · Ten art prints
Leonardo's finest drawings on Favini Plus art paper — the same sheets we use for our museum commissions. Most collectors frame four or five and keep the rest in the slipcase.
Collectors of our Leonardo editions
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The atelier
A reprint re-typesets the text. A facsimile reproduces the object: the same trim, the same colour of the aged sheet, the same bleed of the 18th-century ink into the fibre. Ours are bound by hand, one at a time, and the number on your slipcase is never issued again.
No risk
Open it, handle it, put it on the shelf. If it isn't what you expected, you may return it within 30 days, in accordance with our Terms.
Numbers are assigned in order of purchase. Reserving today puts you higher in the 001–998 sequence.
Free tracked shipping worldwide, packed for transit. Damaged in transit is replaced, not repaired.
Galobart editions are held in private collections and libraries across more than 60 countries.
Questions
The Treatise on Painting (Trattato della pittura) is the compilation of Leonardo's notes on painting — anatomy, perspective, light and shade, proportion and composition — assembled after his death from his notebooks. It became the single most influential text in European artistic theory and is still regarded as the foundation of modern art instruction.
The 1721 London edition, issued by J. Senex and W. Taylor, is the first English translation of the treatise and carries 35 original engravings on anatomy, perspective, light, shadow and composition. The 1835 edition, published by J. B. Nichols and Son and translated by the painter John Francis Rigaud, expands the text with a full biography of Leonardo and a catalogue of his works. This collector's edition contains faithful facsimiles of both.
998 numbered copies worldwide. Each slipcase is hand-numbered 001 to 998 and the edition is never reprinted.
A facsimile. Both volumes reproduce the original printings page by page — same dimensions, same colour, same layout — on artistic paper chosen to match the texture of the originals, and are bound by hand. It is not a re-typeset modern reprint.
Two hand-bound facsimile volumes (1721 and 1835), ten art prints of Leonardo's finest drawings on Favini Plus art paper, and a brown Vivella slipcase with blind embossing, hand-numbered 001–998.
This is a pre-sale edition produced after your order is placed. Orders placed after 1 August are scheduled for October 2026 delivery. Shipping is complimentary worldwide.
Yes. The Leonardo — Collector's Set brings together five editions: Codex Madrid I & II (Leather Edition), Codex Trivulzianus, Codex Leicester, Codex on the Flight of Birds (Leather Edition) and the Treatise on Painting — 1460 USD instead of 2960 USD bought separately.
Yes — complimentary shipping is applied automatically at checkout on every order, worldwide, via tracked courier. In most countries, books are exempt from import duties and enter at a 0% tariff rate. Where any import duty is applicable in your country, it is not included in the price.
Four of our Leonardo editions have already closed. The Treatise on Painting is open at $360 instead of $600 — until the last slipcase is numbered.
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