John Addington Symonds (translator & editor), Fritz Kredel (illustrations)

THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI : WRITTEN BY HIMSELF (1937) - limited edition signed by the illustrator

The autobiography of the Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author Benvenuto Cellini, the most important autobiography from the Renaissance.

Published: The Limited Editions Club, Verona, 1937

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

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Estimate: $60

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Bidding closes: 6 Mar 16:30 GMT

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Publisher's full cloth binding with the stamped gray pattern of the Florentine lily and the lion of Cellini's arms.

Translated by John Addington Symonds with an introduction by Thomas Craven. Illustrated with line and colour wash drawings by Fritz Kredel.

Edition limited to 1550 numbered copies, this being #659, and signed by the illustrator.

302pp.

A very good copy of the Renaissance goldsmith and sculptor's autobiography.