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Vasari, Giorgio
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Vasari, Giorgio
- Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori... di nuovo... riviste et ampliate con i ritratti loro. Florence: Giunti, 1568
- Paper
3 parts in 3 volumes, 4to (241 x 160mm.), first title-page within woodcut border, full-page woodcut on verso of first title-page, full-page woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut portraits of artists (that of Girolamo Genga in vol.3 with replacement printed caption pasted over), woodcut printer's device at the end of vol.2, nineteenth-century half calf, blue edges, first title-page shaved at head, third title-page shaved at foot, g2-3 of vol.2 remargined, occasional foxing, first few leaves of volume one becoming loose, extremities rubbed, upper joint of volume 2 broken at foot
Provenance
Prof. A. Salvi, stamp on title-pages
Literature
Censimento 16 CNCE 48229; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 515
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Second, much expanded edition and the first illustrated edition of Vasari's seminal artistic work, a collection of biographies of artists, sculptors and architects down to Vasari's own day (and including Vasari himself); the portraits were also issued separately without the text in the same year. This edition was much improved through the work of the experienced scholar and editor Vincenzo Borghini over the eighteen years between the first and second editions; he suggested corrections and changes of emphasis for Vasari's original text, so that more focus was given to the works of art and their settings rather than the biographical details of men of low social standing.