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The life of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine artist. Containing a variety of curious and interesting particulars, relative to painting, sculpture and architecture; and the history of his own time. Written by himself in the Tuscan language, and translated from the original by Thomas Nugent, L.L.D.F.S.A. In two volumes. ...
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CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500--1570)
[Vita di Benvenuto Cellini. English. 1771]
The life of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine artist. Containing a variety of curious and interesting particulars, relative to painting, sculpture and architecture; and the history of his own time. Written by himself in the Tuscan language, and translated from the original by Thomas Nugent, L.L.D.F.S.A. In two volumes. ...
London (Place), printed for T. Davies; bookseller to the Royal Academy,, 1771.
2 vols ; 20.8 cm. (8°)
I: x, 512 p., engr. frontis. port.
II: [2], 403, [45] p.
First published in Italian in 1728 (q.v.). Nugent's translation, the first into English, is dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. ESTC t145593.
Copy Notes Imperfect; wanting the portrait plate called for in ESTC. Bought from J. Williams for 12s. 6d., 15 September 1830. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.7.6). Volume II inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper Edwd. Willm. Hunt.
Binding C19th calf, gilt-tooled spines. tan spine-labels.
Reference Number 1868
Additional Names J.$Williams; Nugent, Thomas (1700?--1772); Hunt, Edward William
[Vita di Benvenuto Cellini. English. 1771]
The life of Benvenuto Cellini: a Florentine artist. Containing a variety of curious and interesting particulars, relative to painting, sculpture and architecture; and the history of his own time. Written by himself in the Tuscan language, and translated from the original by Thomas Nugent, L.L.D.F.S.A. In two volumes. ...
London (Place), printed for T. Davies; bookseller to the Royal Academy,, 1771.
2 vols ; 20.8 cm. (8°)
I: x, 512 p., engr. frontis. port.
II: [2], 403, [45] p.
First published in Italian in 1728 (q.v.). Nugent's translation, the first into English, is dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. ESTC t145593.
Copy Notes Imperfect; wanting the portrait plate called for in ESTC. Bought from J. Williams for 12s. 6d., 15 September 1830. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.7.6). Volume II inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper Edwd. Willm. Hunt.
Binding C19th calf, gilt-tooled spines. tan spine-labels.
Reference Number 1868
Additional Names J.$Williams; Nugent, Thomas (1700?--1772); Hunt, Edward William