[CELLINI, Benvenuto]
The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture
Translated from the Italian and with an introduction by C.R.Ashbee.
London: Edward Arnold for Essex House Press, 1898.
Large quarto (12 x 8-3/4 in.). No. 232 of the limited edition of 600 numbered
copies. Green-gold Genji silk cloud-pattern covers with original decorative
printed spine label, top edges roughly trimmed, others uncut. Collates 196
pp.: [6], xvi, 1-165, [1], 2, [6]. Printed in Caslon Old Face on handmade
laid paper watermarked with the Guild of Handicraft floral device and 1888.
Illustrated with seven of Cellini's diagrams within the text and 10 full-page
photogravure illustrations and one engraving (all with tissue guards) superbly
printed on fine heavy wove. Some foxing on the engraved plates. A very good
copy overall, beautifully bound, strong, bright and fine internally, incisively
printed by compositors and pressmen whom Ashbee had hired from the recently
closed Kelmscott Press. The first book printed at the Essex House Press.
Price: $475
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