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Lives of the most eminent painters.
Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani. Selections. English
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- Creator
- Giorgio Vasari ; selected, edited, and introduced by Marilyn Aronberg Lavin. [Translated by Mrs. Jonathan Foster]
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- English, Italian
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- Verona : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1966
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- 2 volumes : illustrations (part color), portraits ; 30 cm
- OCLC
- ocm02656693
- Translations from Le vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani.
- Limited ed. of 1500 copies signed by the printer.
- "Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and printed by him at the Stamperia Valdonega"--Colophon.
- "The third, in this Thirty-fifth Series of fine books made for the members of this Club ... The illustrations consist of full-color reproductions of thirty-two representative works by the subjects of the biographies. In addition there are forty-five woodcut portraits of the artists, of which forty were made by Vasari for the 1568 edition, and five, previously lacking, were cut for this edition by Fritz Kredel; the portraits are printed over cream-toned tint blocks ... The text is set in 14-point English Monotype Bembo ... The paper is an off-white wove made for this book in Italy, and bears a special watermark: VASARI. Each volume is bound in a reddish-brown linen, the title is stamped in gold on a black panel, and the tops are stained a light ochre. The slipcase has been covered in French hand-marbled paper"--Publisher's announcement.
- Issued in a slipcase.