The Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini: Translated by Thomas Roscoe
by Benvenuto Cellini
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/unjacketed
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
Circa 1900 leather bound volume as pictured. This is a beautifully made book. The binding is firm. Full brown leather covers with gold stamping on front cover and spine have light scuffing at head and tail of spine and corners. Endpapers have an attractive art nouveau design. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Gilt top edge of text block. Text is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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Synopsis
Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence in 1500 and died in 1571. James Fenton is a prizewinning poet, former professor of poetry at Oxford, and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1430
- Title
- The Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini
- Author
- Benvenuto Cellini
- Format/Binding
- See book description
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- unjacketed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- undated, ca 1900
- Pages
- 572
- Size
- 4x6.5
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cellini, Art Nouveau, Craftsman style, leather bound books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Nouveau;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....