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CELLINI, BENVENUTO. Vita . . . da lui medesimo scritta. [16], 318 pages; lacks final blank. 4to, 270x199 mm, 18th-century vellum boards, front joint conspicuously restored; 19th-century owner's inscription on title; infrequent light marginal foxing or soiling. "Colonia: Pietro Martello," nd [i. e., Naples, 1728]
first edition of the autobiography of the Florentine goldsmith and sculptor (1500-71), "aside from its literary interest . . . an invaluable source of information about patronage and artists' activities" (OCIL). Gamba 337; Parenti, page 152; Wilkins, pages 260-62.
