Michelangelo (Folio Society) [B0603]

2007 HC in nice clean condition (without its original slipcase), 11.5x9-inches, 277-pages. From the author's preface: "I have tried to write a short, reliable book that will introduce the general reader to Michelangelo's life and art on the 500th anniversary of his birth in 1475. I have selected those works by the artist, including letters and poems, that seemed most revealing of his unique qualities in the hope of giving within small compass an idea of the man and of his achievement. This is no light task, for Michelangelo's world was radically different from our own - perhaps the fact that he was an almost exact contemporary of Copernicus (1473-1543) brings this home to us most quickly."

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