Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co, 1946. First Edition with Dali's illustrations. No. 627 of 1000 copies signed by Dali. Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated in color and black and white by Salvador Dali. 442, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine a touch faded, otherwise fine in very good original slipcase. Dali, Salvador. First Edition with Dali's illustrations. No. 627 of 1000 copies signed by Dali. Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated in color and black and white by Salvador Dali. 442, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

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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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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 312071
Title: The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Author: Cellini, Benvenuto
Format/Binding: Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated in color and black and white by Salvador Dali. 442, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Book Condition: Used - Original blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine a touch faded, otherwise fine in very good original slipcase
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition with Dali's illustrations. No. 627 of 1000 copies
Publisher: Doubleday & Co
Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1946
Keywords: Photoplay | Canadian | Biography
Bookseller catalogs: Illustrated Books; Literature;

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