332 - VASARI (Giorgio) - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Siena: Pazzini Carli & Company, 1791–1794; in-8, LXII-328 + 376 + 363 + 353 + 351 + 368 + 347 + 380-10 + 344 + 372 + 391 pp., contemporary brown half-calf bindings with small corners, smooth spines stamped with the title, edges painted yellow.

VASARI (Giorgio) - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Siena: Pazzini Carli & Company, 1791–1794; in-8, LXII-328 + 376 + 363 + 353 + 351 + 368 + 347 + 380-10 + 344 + 372 + 391 pp., contemporary brown half-calf bindings with small corners, smooth spines stamped with the title, edges painted yellow. Edition revised and corrected by Guglielmo Della Valle, who was a member of the Academies of Sciences of Siena and Bologna and contributed to numerous publications by learned societies. Text in Italian. Unfortunately, the engravings are missing. One of the most significant works in the history of art published during the Renaissance. This text is considered to mark the beginning of the discipline of art history. It highlights, above all, the artists of Tuscany and Florence. The influence of the Medici patronage… Guglielmo Della Valle (born in 1745 and died in 1805) was a Franciscan historian and art critic, author of *Lettere sanesi sopra le belle arti*, a collection of fourtwenty-two scholarly monographs, the result of extensive archival research, written in the form of letters addressed to prominent figures in Italian culture of the time, and covering almost all the works and lives of artists, most of whom were medieval. These letters were undoubtedly influenced by his work on Vasari’s writings.