Leonardo. The Complete Drawings (Bibliotheca Universalis)

The book size is slightly bigger than the size of a paper back but it is thick. Almost a drawing on every page.The contents of Da Vinci sketches is amazing. I use a magnifying glass to study them. It is wonderful to see how the master sketches with such precision. It takes time to appreciate the sketches. Specially his studies on horses. It is a beautiful book. Must have for one want to spend time to study his masterly skill. It is invaluable in my book shelf and for drawing reference.

great

This is an amazing collection of da Vinci's Work. I purchased it for someone who had read Walter Isaacson's " LEONARDO DA VINCI"Needles to say, they were beyond thrilled.Some of the reviews said the dimensions of the book were small, but the book was very thick. This is true from a factual standpoint, but I don't agree with those who were critical. In my case, the end user who was born in the 1930's, had no complaints about the size of the illustrations, ability to discern detail, or comfort handling the book.

Beautiful book. What I found most thought provoking with this volume is how people are the same throughout time as evidenced by the inquisitive subject matter, humor and "humanness" of Da Vinci's work. I found this book interesting to the artist, ponderer and regular guy in me alike. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in beautiful designs, complexity, simplicity, humor and exploring the irony of this mans highly relevant work! Bottom line: A cool book well worth checking out.

Thick and heavy book!

This book could have been awesome. With drawings of this historical importance put in such a small formate there seems no justification. If it were in say an 8 x 10 format where you could actually see the detail of these beautiful drawings, then this would be in a class with the other Taschen books which I so greatly appreciate.

Exelent Book.

Da Vinci's masterful sketches between the covers of one book. Was expecting a larger book but, actually, the smaller size is better: for travel, perusing in bed, etc. A great companion book as I read Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo. The editors and publisher Taschen have produced a beautiful book.