Leonardo Da Vinci's Remarkable Machines

Name: Leonardo Da Vinci's Remarkable Machines
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by David Hawcock

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Leonardo Da Vinci's Remarkable Machines

by David Hawcock

1 rating • 1 review • 1 shelved

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ISBN10 1626865175
ISBN13 9781626865174
Publish Date 9 August 2016
Publish Status Transferred
Imprint Silver Dolphin Books

Format Hardcover
Pages 12
Language English

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After finally finding a copy of another Leonardo Da Vinci pop up book and falling in love all over again, I... might have gone on a little pop up shopping spree. 3 of the 4 I bought arrived today and I started with this one. It's beautiful; it's hard to tell from the cover here, but that center image is a piece of paper art, set into a shadow box, so the front cover is about an inch or so thick. The layout is so very nicely done and the writing was good - I'd even go so far as to say it's more slanted towards an older audience, rather than children. The text focuses on Da Vinci's work outside of the art he's so justifiably famous for. Each page is devoted to warfare, architecture, flight, machines and robotics. The pop-ups are less elaborate than some, but still gorgeous: