The life of benvenuto cellini: a florentine artist..
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Davies, 1771. In two volumes. x, 512; [2], 403pp, [41]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary calf, later rebacked. Heavily rubbed and marked. Later armorial bookplate of Calwich Library to FEP of Vol. I, later inked ownership inscriptions to FFEPs, scattered spotting. The first edition in English, translated by Irish writer and traveller Thomas Nugent (c. 1700-1772), of the vivid and energetic, occasionally verging on racy, autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Florentine mannerist artist, designer, and goldsmith. Composed 1558-63, disagreements with the reigning Duke of Florence, Cosimo I di Medici, prevented publication in Cellini's lifetime, leaving one of the finest literary works of the Italian Renaissance to limited circulation in manuscript copies until the anatomist Antonio Cocci (1695-1758) prepared the first printed edition in 1728. ESTC T145593.. First edition in English. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28372
- Title
- The life of benvenuto cellini: a florentine artist..
- Author
- CELLINI, Benvenuto
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition in English
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1771
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Arts
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
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