The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci by Dmitri Merejkowski 1928 Modern Library Historical Fiction Literature

This is a good hardcover, NO dust jacket, jacket missing. 1928 Modern Library. This copy is clean inside and out. NOTE: previous owners name neatly written inside front cover. Rest of pages are clean but do have light natural tanning from age. The binding is tight and straight. Green hardcover boards are very good and clean with only light shelf wear. 12mo book size or 5" x 7" with 635 pages.

Modern Library began publishing series of books in 1917. They were extremely popular, especially with students, as they were copies of great literature and topics that were priced for the general public. The publishing firm of Boni Liveright started the series, as the idea stemmed from Albert Boni. The first title published was The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Early editions were published in "pocket book" size for easy carrying to read anywhere and they were bound in leatherette. Boni & Liveright was sold in 1925 and transformed into Modern Library. In 1927, Random House was borne out of Modern Library and pictorial dust jackets were introduced to the series, along with hardcover boards. As publishing changed, Modern Library fell to the wayside but was "reintroduced" in the 1970's. Early editions are collectibles and later titles remain favorites as many collect Modern Library editions of all ages.

The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci is a historical fiction novel by Russian writer Dimitri Merejkowski. This edition has been translated from Russian by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. The novel shows many faces of Da Vinci and shows him filled with conflict and doubt. The novel provided inspiration for the modern novel and film, The Da Vinci Code.

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