"The Life of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself"
Publisher: NY: The Heritage Press; Boxed. Limited Editions Club Modern Edition. Autobiography of this celebrated Italian artist/sculpter, b. 1500; d. 1570. Introduction by Thomas Craven; illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Book itself is in near fine condition; its box has edgewear and is in good condition. Blue multi-colored cloth.302pp. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.
Biography of Cellini who was the foremost goldsmith of his day, extraordinary character in the annals of art, an assassin & genius and he was aware of both facts. He writes of things only concerning himself. He was a Florentine born in firs t year of the sixteenth century.
Book is in excellent like new condition
