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THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI,A FLORENTINE ARTIST, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by MACDONELL, ANNE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London, New York: J.M. Dent, E.P. Dutton, 1926. Covers bordered by triple gilt fillets. All edges gilt. Panelled spine with gilt designs, two leather spine labels. The spine is sunned to tan, which is usual with blue bindings. Inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. SIGNED BINDING by Riviere and Sons. Owner's signature in a small neat hand on a front preliminary page. Fully illustrated with twenty-eight drawings in pen and ink by Adrian De Friston and many contemporary portraits. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard. Fresh and crisp copy throughout. 368pp. Housed in a custom slipcase. Cellini (1500-1571) was a Florentine goldsmith, sculptor, author. This autobiography has been described as "one of the most important documents of the sixteenth century". (Wikipedia). . First Edition Second Printing. Full Blue Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015452
- Title
- THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI,A FLORENTINE ARTIST, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
- Author
- MACDONELL, ANNE, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Second Printing
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent, E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- London, New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- Crown Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art, Florence, Italian Art, Fine Binding
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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