The exhibition will feature a selection of some 60 manuscripts by Leonardo which are kept at Milan's Biblioteca Ambrosiana and are part of the first reprint of the Atlantic Code, released by the publishing agency Hoepli (1894-1904). Of some 200 books that were printed initially, only a few whole copies have been preserved.
The show will also feature 20 models made according to designs from the Atlantic Code.
The exhibition features drawings of machines and skills devised by Leonardo and collected by Pompeo Leoni, a 16th century sculptor and collector who collected 1,300 notes and drawings, a half of what is believed to have remained after Leonardo's death.
Leoni divided the material in two bigger and several smaller groups and that was the beginning of the Atlantic Code, the most complete collection of Leonardo's heritage that continues to intrigue.
The project was organised by the Zagreb Museum of Art and Craft and the Italian Institute for Culture, under the sponsorship of the Croatian Culture Ministry, the City of Zagreb, the Italian Foreign Ministry, the Italian National Academy, the Italian Geographical Society, Milan University, the Italian UNESCO Commission, and Leonardo's museum in Vinci.
The exhibition will last until February 25.