Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects

"The boxed, two volume set is handsome and perfectly sized, neither too big to handle nor too small to enjoy. This, however, is not the definitive Vasari. Italian scholarly editions tend toward a dozen volumes, making one wonder what Gaston de Vere lost in pruning the work to a slim 2,000 pages. Although the 1912 translation still reads delightfully, the new notes and index are merely perfunctory. Nevertheless, it is indispensable."Vasari, Giorgio is the author of 'Lives of the Painters, Sculptors and Architects' with ISBN 9780679451013 and ISBN 0679451013.