Lives of the Most Eminent Painters 2 Vol Set by Giorgio. Marilyn Aronberg Lavin (ed.) Vasari - 1967

New York, New York, U. S. A.: The Heritage Press, 1967. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Heritage Press Edition (First Thus) Reprint Of The Limited Editions Club Edition. Includes Glossary And Notes. The Books Are Bound In Illustrated Paper Over Boards With A Burgundy Cloth Spine Strip. Gilt Lettering And Decoration On The Spine. The Books Have Minor Wear. The Slip Cases Are Covered In Paper To Match The Book Paper. One Case Very Good And The Other Is Only Fair With Tape Repair.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1967. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Very Good in Good dust jacket/Good. Complete two-volume set, illustrated in b/w and color with the works of the masters described.

The Heritage Press, 1967. hardcover. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes ; VERY Good or better hardcover two volume set, each book in a protective box, minor wear to box, 4to, 727 pp. total

Heritage Press, 1966. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes, bound in red cloth over boards; [ublisher's slipcases (slipcases have some rubbing). Sandglass laid in loose.

Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1966. First edition thus. Hardcover. very good + to near fine. Large quarto. xviii,344; (6),386,(2)pp. Gray dust jackets (spines browned & water spotted). Gilt decorated brown buckram with black spine labels. Housed in publisher's heavy cardboard slipcase covered in marbled paper with plain paper spine label. Illustrated with 32 tipped-in color plates and numerous woodcut portraits of the artists (most reproduced from Vasari's 1568 edition). Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363), designed and printed by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega and signed by him on the limitation leaf. A fine set in very good- dust jackets and a near fine, but slightly shelfworn slipcase.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Limited Edition. Two Volumes in Half Morocco. Near Fine. After Fritz Kredel. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. xvi, [5], 6-341, followed by a two-page glossary; [5], 6-386. Title page printed in red-and-black. Numerous plates. Finely rebound in three-quarter brown morocco with morocco title labels; five raised bands; gilt lettering and rules on spines. Slight scuff to top edge Vol. II front board. Withal, a bright, presentable copy. Signed by the set's designer at the colophon. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Printed in Verona at the Stamperia Valdonega with woodcuts after Fritz Kredel's portraits executed for the 1568 edition. In addition, with 32 tipped-in plates of the artists' representative works. A handsome set with great shelf appeal. LEC 389. GROLIER, VALDONEGA, 72.