Description: Antique 1906 The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Volume 1. Written by Bunvenuto Cellini, translated by John Addington Symonds. - Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici. - Published in 1906 by Bretano's, New York - Black and white illustrations throughout - Decorative gilt embossed cover - Good condition. Surface wear and fading to cover though gilt is mostly in tact. Pages inside clean aside from some yellowing from age and some small spots on a handful of pages. One tissue paper leaf which fronts each illustration page has been torn. Binding is tight. Bookplate of original owner at front.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Benvenuto Cellini
Publisher: Brentano's
Topic: Historical
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
