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British & Continental Auction | June 26, 2024

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 172

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Two Volumes

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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edited and translated by John Addington Symonds, New York/Boston: Brentano's/The Merrymount Press, 1906, two volumes (complete), bound in signed Brentano's binding, full leather with blind stamped and gilt decorated covers, four raised bands, gilt lettering and ruling to spines, marbled endpapers, teg

Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina

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Private Collection, South Carolina

some fading to front and back boards (to greenish hue), light wear to extremities, bumped corners, a few scuffs to leather