The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti (The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti based on studies in the archives of the Buonarroti family at Florence)
Hardcover
1925 · New York
by Symonds, John Addington
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Third edition. Hardcover. g. 2 volumes. 8vo. xxxii,469,2pp. vi,449,2pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. Scuffing and some staining to boards. Spine sunned. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Corners rubbed. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Ex libris of previous owner to inside of front board and name of the same in black ink on free front endpaper. Frontispiece in both volumes. A fascinating account of the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), the Italian Renaissance/Mannerist painter and sculptor. Illustrated with duotone reproductions of photographs and paintings. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 14994)