Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. A Florentine Artist; written by himself. Third Edition, corrected and enlarged from the last Milan edition, with the Notes and Observations of G.P. Carpani, now first translated.
by ROSCOE Thomas
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About This Item
Henry Colburn,, 1823. 2 vols., 8vo., Third Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, some occasional mild spotting (mainly marginal), contemporary and later signatures on front paste-down; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, handsomely and neatly rebacked in calf gilt and blind to style, original leather labels gilt preserved, an unusually crisp, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved trade label of Cowing Bookbinder and Printer of Barnet on front paste-down.
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- Title
- Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini. A Florentine Artist; written by himself. Third Edition, corrected and enlarged from the last Milan edition, with the Notes and Observations of G.P. Carpani, now first translated.
- Author
- ROSCOE Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn,
- Date Published
- 1823
- Keywords
- fine art, italy, florence, history of art, cellini, biography, thomas roscoe, fine art, general, memoirs, benvenuto, cellini
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Marbled boards
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...