The Life of Benvenuto Cellini; Written By Himself
$55.00Price
Translated by John Addington Symonds and published by Brentano's, New York, 1906, printed at the Merrymount Press. 2 volumes in burgundy cloth w/gilt tendrils center and title on spine with worn head/tail. Frontispiece portrait of the artist with tissue guard. Decorative title-pages within borders designed by T. M. Cleland, 40 gravure plates and 16 reproductions of Cellini's works. Previous owner's small bookplate on pastedown on both vols., decorative chapter initials. The memoirs provide a valuable source of information on the history of the sixteenth century.