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The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself: Volume Two only
by CELLINI, Benvenuto; SYMONDS, John Addington (editor and translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. An English-language edition of volume two of the 16th century Florentine artist, sculptor and author's tempestuous autobiography. Edited and translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated throughout with tissue-guarded portraits and scenes from Cellini's life. Volume two only of the two-volume set. --- Printed at Boston's Merrymount Press. In dark red cloth-covered boards with elaborate decorations in gilt to cover & spine, gilt-stamped spine titling, TEG (top edge gilt), remaining textblock edges deckled. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With mild sunning to spine, a dampstain to back cover, some leaves unopened. Overall, an attractive, sound copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; viii, 387 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86118
- Title
- The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself: Volume Two only
- Author
- CELLINI, Benvenuto; SYMONDS, John Addington (editor and translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Unopened
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
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