Leonardo Da Vinci
By Walter Isaacson
First Bookshop is pleased to offer the definitive biography Leonardo Da Vinci, written and signed by Walter Isaacson. This is a first edition, first printing.
This copy of Leonardo Da Vinci comes with Isaacson's signature, the date when he signed the book, photos of the event, a pamphlet that includes details of the event, a removable archival covering that protects the dust jacket from harm, and free mailing within the United States.
Isaacson -- also the author of Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs -- portrays Leonardo as driven by curiosity. As Isaacson notes in the book, Leonardo once wrote a letter seeking employment. Finally, in the 11th paragraph, he says he can paint, too. This explanation coming from, arguably, the most talented painter ever to have lived. Leonardo's masterpieces include Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Past biographies delve on Leonardo the painter. Isaacson's Leonardo Da Vinci brings together the Italian's childhood as a bastard son; his interest in science; in art; in anatomy; in architecture; in theater; and by questioning everything to arrive with an answer. So curious was Leonardo that he sketches the tissues of the human lip by peeling off the layers of a cadaver. In Mona Lisa, is she smiling or not?
Leonardo Da Vinci was manufactured in the United States in 2017 by Simon & Schuster. The series of numbers on the copyright page are 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2, signifying a first printing.
"To read this magnificent biography of Leonardo Da Vinci is to take a tour through the life and works of one of the most extraordinary human beings of all time."
-- David McCullough