The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner

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CONTENTS

BOOK I THE WHITE SHE-DEVIL 1494

BOOK II ECCE DEUS ECCE HOMO 1494

BOOK III THE POISONED FRUITS 1494

BOOK IV THE WITCHES' SABBATH 1494

BOOK V THY WILL BE DONE 1494

BOOK VI THE DIARY OF GIOVANNI BOLTRAFFIO 1494-1495

BOOK VII THE BONFIRE OF VANITIES 1496

BOOK VIII THE AGE OF GOLD 1496-1497

BOOK IX THE SIMILITUDES 1498-1499

BOOK X CALM WATERS 1499-1500

BOOK XI THERE SHALL BE WINGS 1500

BOOK XII 'Aut CAEsar aut Nihil. ' CAEsar Borgia. 1500-1503

BOOK XIII THE PURPLE BEAST 1503

BOOK XIV MONNA LISA GIOCONDA 1503-1506

BOOK XV THE HOLY INQUISITION 1506-1513

BOOK XVI LEONARDO, MICHELANGELO, AND RAPHAEL 1513-1515

BOOK XVII DEATH THE WINGED PRECURSOR 1516-1519

EPILOGUE

FOOTNOTES:

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Title: The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci

The Forerunner

Author: Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

Language: English

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THE ROMANCE OF
LEONARDO DA VINCI

The Forerunner

By DMITRI MÉREJKOWSKI

THE DEATH OF THE GODS. Authorized English Version by Herbert Trench. 12o$1.50

THE ROMANCE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE FORERUNNER. (The Resurrection of the Gods.) Authorized English Version edited by Herbert Trench. 12o$1.50

THE ANTI-CHRIST. (Peter the Great and Alexis.) Translated by Herbert Trench. 12o    (In Press.)

TOLSTOI AS MAN AND ARTIST, With an Essay on Dostoievski. Authorized English Version.

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
New York London

LEONARDO DA VINCI AFTER THE PORTRAIT IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCE

LEONARDO DA VINCI
AFTER THE PORTRAIT IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY, FLORENCE


Christ and Anti-Christ

The Romance
of
Leonardo da Vinci

The Forerunner

By

Dimitri MÉrejkowski

Author of "The Death of the Gods."

Exclusively Authorised Translation from the Russian of "The Resurrection of the Gods."

By Herbert Trench

G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
1904


This Romance is the Second of the historical Trilogy, of which the first volume, dealing with the times of the Emperor Julian, was the Death of the Gods. The present story of the Italian Renaissance has been published in Russia as The Resurrection of the Gods; in France under the title, The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci. This translation is direct from the Russian, and is the only one in the English language which is or will be authorised by the Author.

Published, July, 1902
Reprinted, October, 1902; February, 1903; July, 1904


St. Petersbourg, 3, ix, 1901.

À Monsieur Herbert Trench j'accorde l'autorisation exclusive de traduire du Russe en Anglais mon livre La RÉsurrection des Dieux.

Dmitri MÉrejkowski.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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