Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti [...]. In questa nuova edizione diligentemente riviste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, et arrichite di postille nel margine [...].

3 vol., 4to: [20 incl. front.]-76-432, [2]-543, [44]-407-[132] pp. (sl. foxing - esp. in vol. I & III -, marg. sl. damp stains, one larger in vol. I pp. 223-224 and some on text in vol. III, occ. marg. stains, some ff. sl. browned, ink stains on pp. 5-6 of vol. I and pp. 228-229 & 256 in vol. III, wormtracks in some lower margins of vol. I, repaired on pp. 159-164, sl. cut short, no margins at front., very occ. ms. notes).

19th-c. half green sheep, marbled paper boards, gilt-orn. flat spines, marbled edges (rubbed, spines faded, front joint of vol. I split with leather loosening, wormholes in lower joint of vol. I).

Third edition (1st 1550) of this famous work of the Italian painter, writer and architect G. Vasari (1511-1574) containing his many famous biographies of Italian artists. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 149 woodcut medallion portraits within architectural frames (and 6 medallions left empty). Vasari is considered to be the first art historian and initiator of the encyclopedic genre of artistic biographies. Printer's mark at end of volumes II and III.
Ref. Brunet V:1096. - Cp. Gamba 1725 and Cicognara 2389-2393 (other ed.).