29. Leonardo da Vinci.- Verhas (Franz, painter, 1832-94) Autograph Letter signed to “Monsieur”, 1½pp. in French, on Ministère d’État Beaux-Arts headed paper, endorsed “Letterarie Parigi”, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [c. 1853], to the Academy of Milan, announcing the discovery of the tomb of Leonardo da Vinci in the course of excavations at the Château d’Amboise, directed by the Inspecteur Général des Beaux-Arts (Arsène Houssaye), and the intended erection of a monument to da Vinci there, folds.
est. £200 – £250