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Admonition to readers.

Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

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Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
I: Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting.
The author’s intention to publish his MSS.
1
The preparation of the MSS. for publication.
2
Admonition to readers.
3
The disorder in the MSS.
4
subjects..
5,
6,
7,
8
General introductions to the book on Painting.
9,
10,
11,
12,
13
The plan of the book on Painting.
14,
15,
16,
17
The use of the book on Painting.
18
Necessity of theoretical knowledge.
19,
20
The function of the eye.
21,
22,
23
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