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Giorgio Vasari

Le Vite De' Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori, E Architettori [The Lives Of The Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, And Architects]

Appresso i Giunti

1568

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A vellum-bound edition of [The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects], by Giorgio Vasari.

  • Giorgio Vasari (Italian).
  • Le Vite De' Piu Eccellenti Pittori, Scultori, E Architettori [Part Three, Volume One].
  • Fiorenza [Florence]: Appresso i Giunti, 1568.
  • Large Octavo.
  • 370 pages. 
  • Text in Italian.
  • Illustrated with woodcut portraits.
  • Revised, expanded and illustrated version.
  • Spine vellum with handwritten ink lettering, fully bound in vellum, text block laid paper.

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Spine split horizontally but still attached at rear hinge.

Binding fragile with strings exposed along spine exterior and interior hinges.

Ink writing to front board, mostly illegible.

Vellum soiling and tone consistent with age. 

Front endpaper loosening.

Ink annotations throughout, including additions to the table of contents.

Language

Italian

Subject

Art, Architecture, Design, Visual Art, History, European Literature and History, Autobiography and Biography, Vellum, Fine bindings

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