The Life of Benvenuto Cellini (2 volume set)

Benvenuto Cellini. John Addington Symonds, Edited and translated by. First edition, first printing (and later). New York: Brentano's, 1906 (and 1929). Green cloth with gold gilt decorative cover and lettering on spine; two volumes; vol. 1 - 360 pp.; vol. 2 - 386 pp.

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was an Italian Renaissance writer and sculptor from Florence, Italy. His most famous works today include the bronze statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa, which now stands in Florence, and a magnificent gold salt cellar made for Francis I of France.