Title:
Lives of the most eminent painters / Giorgio Vasari ; selected, edited, and introduced by Marilyn Aronberg Lavin.
Author:
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574.
Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg, ed.
Foster, Jonathan, Mrs., tr.
Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973, ill.
Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977, book designer.
Stamperia Valdonega, printer.
Limited Editions Club, former owner.
Limited Editions Club Collection (Library of Congress)
Publication Information:
Verona : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1966.
Call Number:
N6922 .V473 1966 V.1
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Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 30 cm.
General Note:
"Translated by Mrs. Jonathan Foster"--Half t.p.
"Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig"--Colophon.
"The portraits of the artists at the beginning of each biography are reproduced in most instances from woodcuts made by Giorgio Vasari ... Five portraits ... based on post-Vasari discoveries have been cut in wood for the present edition by Fritz Kredel"--P. viii.
Limited ed. of 1,500 copies, signed by Mardersteig.
Vol. 1: xvii, 344 p., [19] leaves of plates; v. 2: 386 p., [13] leaves of plates.
Uniform Title:
Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori. English. Selections
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