Description
Item Description:"Translated by Mrs. Jonathan Foster"--Half title page.
"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"--Page viii.
Limited edition of 1,500 copies, signed by Mardersteig.
Volume 1: xvii, 344 pages, [19] leaves of plates; volume 2: 386 pages, [13] leaves of plates.
The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number66, is signed by Giovanni Mardersteig, and contains an issue of The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club and a book announcement.
Physical Description:2 volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.