Vie de Michel-Ange
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 0184
Author
Rolland, Romain (1866-1944)
Title
Vie de Michel-Ange
Statement of responsibility
Par Romain Rolland
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Librairie Hachette
Series
Vies des Hommes Illustres
Printer
Imprimerie Paul Brodard
Date
1923
Imprint (isbd)
Paris : Librairie Hachette, 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 1923
Language
French
Edition
Huitième édition revue (Eighth revised edition)
Short title
Vie de Michel-Ange
Original work
Vie de Michel-Ange
Original language
French
Print run
Revised commercial edition
Collation
207 pages, plus bibliographical appendices
Illustrations
None
Maps
Does not contain maps
Format
In-8º
Dimensions
Pending measurement
Typographical signatures
Not determined
Paper type
Good-quality industrial vellum-style paper
Watermarks
Not observed in the supplied backlit photograph
Printing condition
Very good; clear and uniform printing
Binding type
Half leather with boards covered in embossed cloth
Colours
Dark brown
Decoration
Gilt fillets on the spine
Spine
With author and title in gilt
Endpapers
Printed decorative paper in brown tones
Edges
Plain
Content description
Critical biography of Michel-Ange written by Romain Rolland. The work studies the personality, artistic production and historical context of the Italian Renaissance master, also incorporating documentary appendices, poems by Michel-Ange and specialised bibliography.
Notes
Part of the “Vies des Hommes Illustres” series.
Notes
Copy rebound in half leather.
Notes
Manuscript date visible on the inner title page: 4 d'Avril 1925.
Notes
Spine with gilt initials A.G. corresponding to Alfred Gallart i Genis.
Main subject
Michel-Ange Buonarroti (1475-1564)
Subtopics
History of art; Italian Renaissance; Sculpture; Painting; Biography; Humanism
Shelfmark
0184
Condition
Very good
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Solid binding. Moderate wear at head and foot of spine. Interior clean and complete. Decorative endpapers preserved. Gilt initials A.G. on the spine.