Grosset Dunlap</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter?? talented musician?? and dedicated scientist and inventor?? designing flying machines?? submarines?? and even helicopters.  Yet he had a hard time finishing things?? a problem anyone can relate to.  Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create?? all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pages.  Here is an accessible portrait of a fascinating man who lived at a fascinating time?Italy during the Renaissance.</br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0448443015