Delle Vite De' più Eccellenti Pittori, Scvltori Et Architetti. Di Giorgio Vasari, Pittore, & Architetto Aretino / Parte Terza / Secondo Volume (Scultori) (ONE VOLUME OF THREE, 17TH CENTURY ORIGINAL, BEARING THE BOOKPLATE OF THE RIGHT HON.ble CHARLES BATHURST, LYDNEY PARK)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Verlag: Bologna, 1647

Beschreibung

Complete single final volume ("Parte Treza Secondo Volume") of the three-volume set (the first two parts being generally combined in a single volume while the third part is divided into two volumes) of the 1657 Bologna edition (in the original Italian language) of the first and generally considered most important work on the artists, sculptors and architects of Renaissance Italy (the author believed to have first used the term "rinascità" -- Renaissance -- here.) Bound in leather (19th Century or earlier) with five raised bands and the boards ruled in gilt, the interior text block "near fine" with essentially NO foxing or dampstains found, though the volume overall now grades "fair" since the front board, while present, is detached. (It's possible this is the original binding -- the laid stock of the endpapers matches that of the text block.) Illustrated throughout with the well-known woodcut portraits of the artists set within ornate frames, including here that of Michelangelo Bvonaro (Buonaro.) (For this edition the editor, Carlo Monalessi, acquired the original woodblocks used for the 1568 edition, and had several new portraits added.) Text complete, to include the half-title page, final text page states in bold "Il Fine della Tauola, e del Opera." Front pastedown bears the bookplate of The Right Hon.ble Charles Bathurst, Lydney Park (Gloucestershire), displaying his coat of arms. Whether this volume belonged to the Charles Bathurst (1754-1831), who served as Secretary at War from 1803 to 1804 and Master of the Mint 1806-07, or to the later 1st Viscount Bledisloe (1867-1958), the British Conservative politician who was appointed Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935, we do not know. Third edition (the first having been 1550) and the second illustrated edition (the first illustrated having been 1568) of Vasari's "Lives," although this is the third volume, only, with front board present but detached. Reduced from $1,000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010756

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Delle Vite De' più Eccellenti Pittori, ...

Verlag: Bologna

Erscheinungsdatum: 1647

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 3rd Edition