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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini : One Volume Edition
by [CELLINI] Cellini, Benvenuto : Translated by J.Addington Symonds
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Roslyn, New York: Black's Readers Service Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. Copyright 1927. No other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with red boards; gold gilt decorations on spine with black panel containing gold gilt title; author name on front cover, also in gold gilt. Rubbing to head and heel of spine. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings to note. Mellow age toning to the end papers and text block edges. 403 numbered pages. * Benvenuto Cellini was born in 1500 and died in 1571. Autobiography of this famous Italian Renaissance goldsmith, sculptor, soldier, musician, poet, and painter begins, ""All men of whatsoever quality they be, who have done anything of excellence, or which may properly resemble excellence, ought, if they are persons of truth and honesty, to describe their life with their own hand; but they ought not to attempt so fine an enterprise till they have passed the age of forty.""
Synopsis
Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence in 1500 and died in 1571. James Fenton is a prizewinning poet, former professor of poetry at Oxford, and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books .
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000361
- Title
- The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini : One Volume Edition
- Author
- [CELLINI] Cellini, Benvenuto : Translated by J.Addington Symonds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Black's Readers Service Company
- Place of Publication
- Roslyn, New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Biography, Benvenuto Cellini - 1500 to 1571, Sculptors - Italy - Biography, Sculptors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Painting; Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
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- New
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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