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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Cellini, Benvenuto

Life of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine goldsmith and sculptor, written by himself, 1728

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 282

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Information

Cologne [i.e. Naples], for Pietro Martello, [1728]. In 4th. Frontispiece in red and black, chalcographic frieze, inhabited caps, widespread and consistent browning on many papers, usual for the Neapolitan printing of that period, coeval binding in rigid parchment with spray cuts. Great noble ex libris applied to the guard sheet. & Nbsp;

Specialist Notes

FIRST RARE EDITION. & nbsp; Parenti, p. 58; Cicognara 2231 (who mistakenly records Florence, 1730); Leg 337; Graesse II 99.