WHITE, MICHAEL. — Leonardo. The First Scientist.

London: Little, Brown & Co, 2000. Rep. "Michael White's brilliantly absorbing new biography argues that Leonardo was, through the scope of his investigations and his desire to push back the boundaries of knowledge, nothing less that 'The First Scientist'." Pp. 13/370, 11 figures. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+.