The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali (SIGNED)
by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (Trans.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
SIGNED by Dali and dated 1945 to limitation page; limited to 1000 copies, this being #194. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckle fore-edge. Housed in a black paper-covered slipcase with askew red label to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. A mixture of full color hors texte plates and black and white illustrations throughout. General wear to slipcase at edges and slight sunning to spine of book (see image). 442 pp. 7 x 9 3/4 inches.
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- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7321
- Title
- The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali (SIGNED)
- Author
- Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (Trans.)
- Illustrator
- Salvador Dali
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Autographs; Illustrated Literature; Biography; Italian;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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