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New York: Grosset & Dunlap This famous autobiography by the Renaissance Florintine sculptor is cited in Gombrich's 'The Story of Art'. The book is described by Gombrich as an 'immensly colourful and vivid picture of his age; '...He was boastful, ruthless and vain...he tells the story of his adventures with such gusto that you think that you are reading a novel by Dumas...For him to be an artist was no longer to be a respectable and sedate owner of a workshop: it was to be a 'virtuoso' for whose favour princes and cardinals should compete.' Copy has rough-cut end pages with a small amount of foxing. cover showing a little wear.. Decorative Cloth. Good/fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974. 74 exhibition drawings illustrated in black/white with full catalogue entry. Essay by Bacou.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall, Square.