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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
by Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571)
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About This Item
[Bristol : Philip and Evans, printers, ca.1870], 1870. First Edition. Hardback. 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.'
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- Title
- 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
- Author
- Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Bristol : Philip and Evans, printers, ca.1870]
- Date Published
- 1870
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