Riggs Miller 1776, 3, 316-317 (Q2566)

excerpt on Leonardo da Vinci's works in the Ambrosiana library in Milan

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English	Riggs Miller 1776, 3, 316-317	excerpt on Leonardo da Vinci's works in the Ambrosiana library in Milan

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They shew in this cabinet certain manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, on which they set an immense value, consisting chiefly of notes and figures, and here and there a very rough sketch indeed: [...] Galeas Arconati, a citizen of Milan [...] whose property they were at that time, preferred the giving them to the Ambrosian Library to the pistoles the King had proffered him. (English)

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Letters from Italy, describing the manners, customs, antiquities, paintings,&c. of that Country. In the years 1770. and 1771., to a friend residing in France. By an english woman, 3

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https://www.google.it/books/edition/Letters_from_Italy_Describing_the_Manner/NWMUAAAAQAAJ?hl=it&gbpv=1

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Letters from Italy, describing the manners, customs, antiquities, paintings, &c. of that country, in the years 1770 and 1771, to a friend residing in France. By an English woman

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Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Milan)