First UK edition, first impression (previously published in the USA and Canada). 474pp. Black cloth-covered board with gilt lettering on the spine. Bright orange endpapers. 8vo. Cloth a little rounded at spine ends, very gently rubbed on corners. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Illustrated, laminated dust wrapper, a little shelf worn and gently bumped on extreme edges.
Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) was an Lithuanian-American art historian, revered for his work in the attribution of paintings to the old masters. His book, Drawings of the Florentine Painters, was successful all round the English-speaking work. He founded and led the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies which was headquartered at his Italian home in Settignano, near Florence.
