Benvenuto Cellini; Anne Macdonell [translator] - The Life of Benvenuto Cellini

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1903. Cloth. A two volume set of this illustrated autobiography from Italian goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, translated into English. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century". The memoirs give a detailed account of his singular career, with his writing showing a great self-regard and self-assertion. Translated with an introduction by Anne Macdonell, a British translator and scholar. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with a small split in the cloth to the rear joint of volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of volume I. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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