Excerpt from Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, Vol. 1 of 2: A Florentine Artist The established character of the Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini, as a piece of very curious autobiography, renders all apology unnecessary for its introduction into a collection, the very object of which is to form a gallery of self-por traiture of the most various and inclusive des cription. The life of a man of genius by himself can scarcely fail to be interesting under any cir cumstances; but in regard to Cellini, the peen liar sphere in which he moved, and the period in which he lived, unite with his own wild and wayward eccentricities, to give a charm to his personal adventures, which has been acknow ledged not only in his own country and language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.