VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574). Le Vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori ... Di nuovo dal medesimo reviste et ampliate ... con l'aggiunta delle vite de'vivi, & de'morti dall'anno 1550. insino al 1567 . Florence: Giunta, 1568. 3 parts in 3 volumes, 4° (238 x 158mm). Letterpress titles with woodcut borders. 145 woodcut portraits of artists within alegorical border blocks with letterpress captions [letterpress cancellans caption slip on III/ii 3R4r] after Vasari [?by Cristoforo Coriolano or Cristoforo Chrieger], including one repeat of Vasari's and 8 borders with blank cartouches. Allegorical woodcut of the awakening of the souls of dead artists within a border block on verso of I/i-ii title repeated on III/ii/6H3v. Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, including tailpiece on I/i-ii/3V2v. Woodcut printer's device on III/i title, III/i/2Av, III/ii/6H3r. One portrait partially coloured in an early hand, portraits added in pen-and-ink to blank cartouches on I/i-ii/2B1r, 2F2v and III/i/b4v, marginal pen-and-ink copy of the Salviati portrait on III/ii/4K1r, most portraits and some tailpieces hatched and/or decorated with pen-and-ink by an early hand, Final line of text on I/i-ii/K4v stamped in, manuscript corrections of 'Fiorentinore' on I/i-ii/2T3r and 'gratioso' on III/ii/5Y3r. (Occasional light spotting or marking, light dampstaining causing small marginal losses on a few leaves, pt I title slightly frayed at edges, pt III/ii title trimmed touching border, lacking final blank III/ii/6H4.) 18th-century English calf gilt, boards with blind scallop and fleurs-de-lys rolls within double gilt rules, gilt board edges, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one, others decorated with clusters of acorn tools and fleuron cornerpieces, red edges (scuffed and rubbed causing minor losses, splitting on joints causing small losses). Provenance : d'Ap[--] M[--]gini of Florence (early, crossed-through ownership inscription on title of I/i-ii) -- extensive late 16th-/early 17-century manuscript annotations in Italian -- Hon. Charles Hamilton (c.1704-1786, bookplates). SECOND, REVISED AND AUGMENTED, AND FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 'THE FIRST MODERN HISTORY OF ART' ( PMM ). First published in Florence in 1550, Vasari's Vite was revised and extended to 1567 by the addition of some 30 additional biographies for this second edition, which was illustrated with portraits of the artists after the writer. The present copy is distinguished by the addition of four pen-and-ink sketches of artists by a skilled, contemporary Florentine hand, and extensive annotations to the text, demonstrating a familiarity with the subject matter in the corrections and additions made. Adams V-296; Brunet V, col. 1096 ('rare et très-recherché'); Cicognara 2391; Gamba 1725; Giunti annali (1497-1570) 406; Harvard Italian 515; PMM 88. (3)
VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574). Le Vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori ... Di nuovo dal medesimo reviste et ampliate ... con l'aggiunta delle vite de'vivi, & de'morti dall'anno 1550. insino al 1567 . Florence: Giunta, 1568. 3 parts in 3 volumes, 4° (238 x 158mm). Letterpress titles with woodcut borders. 145 woodcut portraits of artists within alegorical border blocks with letterpress captions [letterpress cancellans caption slip on III/ii 3R4r] after Vasari [?by Cristoforo Coriolano or Cristoforo Chrieger], including one repeat of Vasari's and 8 borders with blank cartouches. Allegorical woodcut of the awakening of the souls of dead artists within a border block on verso of I/i-ii title repeated on III/ii/6H3v. Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, including tailpiece on I/i-ii/3V2v. Woodcut printer's device on III/i title, III/i/2Av, III/ii/6H3r. One portrait partially coloured in an early hand, portraits added in pen-and-ink to blank cartouches on I/i-ii/2B1r, 2F2v and III/i/b4v, marginal pen-and-ink copy of the Salviati portrait on III/ii/4K1r, most portraits and some tailpieces hatched and/or decorated with pen-and-ink by an early hand, Final line of text on I/i-ii/K4v stamped in, manuscript corrections of 'Fiorentinore' on I/i-ii/2T3r and 'gratioso' on III/ii/5Y3r. (Occasional light spotting or marking, light dampstaining causing small marginal losses on a few leaves, pt I title slightly frayed at edges, pt III/ii title trimmed touching border, lacking final blank III/ii/6H4.) 18th-century English calf gilt, boards with blind scallop and fleurs-de-lys rolls within double gilt rules, gilt board edges, spines gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in one, others decorated with clusters of acorn tools and fleuron cornerpieces, red edges (scuffed and rubbed causing minor losses, splitting on joints causing small losses). Provenance : d'Ap[--] M[--]gini of Florence (early, crossed-through ownership inscription on title of I/i-ii) -- extensive late 16th-/early 17-century manuscript annotations in Italian -- Hon. Charles Hamilton (c.1704-1786, bookplates). SECOND, REVISED AND AUGMENTED, AND FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 'THE FIRST MODERN HISTORY OF ART' ( PMM ). First published in Florence in 1550, Vasari's Vite was revised and extended to 1567 by the addition of some 30 additional biographies for this second edition, which was illustrated with portraits of the artists after the writer. The present copy is distinguished by the addition of four pen-and-ink sketches of artists by a skilled, contemporary Florentine hand, and extensive annotations to the text, demonstrating a familiarity with the subject matter in the corrections and additions made. Adams V-296; Brunet V, col. 1096 ('rare et très-recherché'); Cicognara 2391; Gamba 1725; Giunti annali (1497-1570) 406; Harvard Italian 515; PMM 88. (3)
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