Through several revisions and updates during Pevsner's lifetime, it continued to be a seminal essay on the subject, and even after his death, it remains as stimulating as it was back in the mid-twentieth century. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was one of the twentieth century's most learned and stimulating writers on art and architecture. He established his reputation with Pioneers of Modern Design, though he is probably best known for his celebrated series of guides, The Buildings of England, acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentieth-century scholarship. He was also founding editor of The Pelican History of Art, the most comprehensive and scholarly history of art ever published in English. A revised and updated full-color edition of the classic study of the history of European architecture

    It also has a chapter by Giorgio Vasari - 'Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Painter and Sculptor of Florence'. It also has 3/4 pages worth of Leonardo Da Vinci's letters and documents, a 'timeline' or list of dates of Leonardo's life. The contents of this book is:- Foreword - Written by Ludwig Goldscheider.- Life of Leonardo Da Vinci, Painter and Sculptor of Florence by Giorgio Vasari- Additional references concerning Leonardo Da Vinci - Taken from different 'Vite' by Vasari - 1569- Letters and other documents- List of dates - Notes on the Plates- The reproductions