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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. JEROME AND MRS. EVELYN OREMLAND
CONDIVI, Ascanio (1525-1574). Vita di Michelangolo Buonarroti. Rome: Antonio Blado, 16 July 1553.
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CONDIVI, Ascanio (1525-1574). Vita di Michelangolo Buonarroti. Rome: Antonio Blado, 16 July 1553.
First edition of Condivi’s moving biography, parts of which may have been dictated by Michelangelo himself. Rare. Condivi’s is “the most intimate description of Michelangelo which we possess” (Schlosser). It was surreptitiously lifted by Vasari almost entirely for the second edition of his Lives. Gamba 1330; Steinmann & Wittkower, Michelangelo Bibliographie, 488.
Small quarto (174 x 118mm). Blado’s large woodcut device at end, 2 initials. (Title in early facsimile, lacking 2-leaf introduction, preface leaf with a repaired corner and a hole affecting several letters, some staining at ends, title and preface re-inserted, without final blanks.) Modern vellum-backed boards, morocco spine label. Provenance: Bibliotheca Renessiana (bookplate on title).
First edition of Condivi’s moving biography, parts of which may have been dictated by Michelangelo himself. Rare. Condivi’s is “the most intimate description of Michelangelo which we possess” (Schlosser). It was surreptitiously lifted by Vasari almost entirely for the second edition of his Lives. Gamba 1330; Steinmann & Wittkower, Michelangelo Bibliographie, 488.
Small quarto (174 x 118mm). Blado’s large woodcut device at end, 2 initials. (Title in early facsimile, lacking 2-leaf introduction, preface leaf with a repaired corner and a hole affecting several letters, some staining at ends, title and preface re-inserted, without final blanks.) Modern vellum-backed boards, morocco spine label. Provenance: Bibliotheca Renessiana (bookplate on title).