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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

[Dalí, Salvador]; Cellini, Benvenuto

Price: $2,500.00

Hard Cover. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948. First Edition. Very Good.

Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated by Salvador Dalí with full-page color plates and black-and-white drawings. First trade edition. Signed by Dalí with an original drawing of a horse on verso of half-title page. Publisher's red cloth, with horse illustration in gilt to front board, and black label lettered in gilt to spine. Very good, with some fading to spine, some rubbing to spine label and dimming to spine gilt, front board gilt bright, and a hint of offsetting to endpapers. Overall, an attractive copy, scarce signed. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was written by the Italian sculptor and draftsman in the sixteenth century, although it was not published until 1728. This work, detailing the personal life of a well-known artist, has become perhaps the most important autobiography of the Italian Renaissance, giving readers a glimpse into the lives of hi

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"The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini," published by Doubleday & Co., 1948. First translated by John Addington Symonds in 1887. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. Signed.

Doubleday is an American publishing company. It was founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897. By 1947, it was the largest book publisher in the United States. It published the work of mostly U.S. authors under a number of imprints and distributed them through its own stores.

Condition: Commensurate with age.

Size: 6 x 8 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.

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Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as “one of the most important documents of the 16th century.” He was born in Florence, the son of a musician and builder of musical instruments. Cellini was pushed towards music, but when he w

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Benvenuto Cellini

Italian goldsmith and sculptor (1500–1571)

For the Berlioz opera, see Benvenuto Cellini (opera).

"Cellini" redirects here. For other uses, see Cellini (disambiguation).

Benvenuto Cellini (, Italian:[beɱveˈnuːtotʃelˈliːni]; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century".^[2]^[3]

Biography

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Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, in present-day Italy. His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. They were married for 18 years before the birth of their first child. Benvenuto was the second child of the family. The son of a musician and builder of musical instruments, Cellini was pushed towards music, but when he was fifteen, his father reluctantly agreed to apprentice him to a goldsmith, Antonio di Sandro, nicknamed Mar