Leonardo's Star Polyhedron
Pictures by Leonardo da VinciWords by Luca Pacioli
Leonardo da Vinci's star polyhedron, an open-frame solid with a pyramid rising from every face, is printed here as a finely hatched antique woodcut. Leonardo drew it for his friend Luca Pacioli's book on mathematics and proportion, Divina proportione, published in Venice in 1509. For an anniversary with someone whose love has a shape all its own.
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From the great books of mathematics / LEONARDO'S STAR POLYHEDRON / From Luca Pacioli, Divina proportione, Venice, 1509 / A solid with a pyramid raised on every face, turning it into an open-frame star, drawn by Leonardo da Vinci for Luca Pacioli's Divina proportione (Venice, 1509).
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