DUPPA, Richard

DUPPA, Richard. The life of Michel Angelo Buonarroti, with his poetry and letters

London, Printed for John Murray, 1807.

£450

4to, pp. xi, 468, frontispiece with engraved portrait of Michelangelo; illustrated with 14 copper engraving for sculptures, 6 for painting (of which 1 big folding plate and 3 double-page), 24 for designs (1 double-page) and 5 designs for architecture (2 double-page). Early autograph on top of title page in ink. Generally clean and fresh, outer margin of title page a little soiled. Bound in full calf over boards, rebacked and restored. Coat of arms of the Signet Library in Edinburg, of the Society of Writers, impressed on front cover. A fine copy.