Artwork Description

Title: Opere
Medium: Printed Book, Half Vellum Binding
Dimensions: Large 8vo (x cm)
Condition: Good condition (some offsetting, light foxing, minor rubbing on spine)

Description:
A two-volume edition of Opere by Giorgio Vasari, published in Florence by David Passigli between 1832 and 1838. This work, printed in double columns, includes an engraved portrait frontispiece and eight plates. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gilt spines and double red morocco labels, this edition preserves Vasari’s influential writings on Renaissance art and artists. A foundational text in art history, Vasari’s biographies of Italian painters, sculptors, and architects continue to shape the study of Renaissance art today.