The life of Benvenuto Cellini : a Florentine artist : containing a variety of curious and interesting particulars, relative to painting, sculpture and architecture; and the history of his own Time / written by himself in the Tuscan language and translated from the original by Thomas Nugent
1870, First Edition. [Bristol : Philip and Evans, printers, ca.1870]. Fine copy rebacked in contemporary 1/2 calf over marble boards, with the original spine laid back. Raised bands with period-sympathetic, new contrasting gilt label on spine. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages; Description: [152p. ] ; 23cm. Subjects: Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. Sculptors - Italy - Biography. Notes: Text in double columns within borders. Bound with 'The history, life, and campaigns of Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden / from the French of M. De Voltaire' [82p. ] ; 'The life and times of Martin Luther / by the authoress of "Three experiments of living," "Sketches of the old painters," etc.' [80p] ; 'The life and time of Thomas Cranmer / by the authoress of "Three experiments of living," "Sketches of the old painters," etc.'. Item #173383
Price: €100.00