Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library ... · leaf 234
diilir.ct, thefe, in-ftead of appearing far removed, will be {e:ennear at hand. Ufe fo much conduct and dif-cretion, therefore, in your figures, as that theymay ihew their didances ; nor in imitating anyobjert, whofe bounds, on account of their dif-rance, appear dim and indiilindt, muft you… … If.-.i. * BY LEONARDO DA VINCI. 169 that their effed is like thofe of the fmallefl: ob-jccfts; as the nails ot the fingers, the bodies ofinfects, or the like minute bodies, whofe lit-tlenefs prevents the eye from difcerning theirfigure or parts : the fccond is, that remoteobjeds have fo much air…
