| If you would fain by worthy deeds be known, / Seek to be prisoned without cause, lie long, / And find no friend to listen to your moan. |
| —Autobiography |
| Benvenuto Cellini |
Harvard Classics, Vol. 31
Autobiography
Benvenuto Cellini
This excellent translation of the honest if self-aggrandized life of the epitomal sixteenth-century Renaissance man ranks among the greatest autobiographies ever written.
Contents
TRANSLATED BY JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001
- Introductory Sonnet
- Introductory Note
- Book First
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- XX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- XXIV
- XXV
- XXVI
- XXVII
- XXVIII
- XXIX
- XXX
- XXXI
- XXXII
- XXXIII
- XXXIV
- XXXV
- XXXVI
- XXXVII
- XXXVIII
- XXXIX
- XL
- XLI
- XLII
- XLIII
- XLIV
- XLV
- XLVI
- XLVII
- XLVIII
- XLIX
- L
- LI
- LII
- LIII
- LIV
- LV
- LVI
- LVII
- LVIII
- LIX
- LX
- LXI
- LXII
- LXIII
- LXIV
- LXV
- LXVI
- LXVII
- LXVIII
- LXIX
- LXX
- LXXI
- LXXII
- LXXIII
- LXXIV
- LXXV
- LXXVI
- LXXVII
- LXXVIII
- LXXIX
- LXXX
- LXXXI
- LXXXII
- LXXXIII
- LXXXIV
- LXXXV
- LXXXVI
- LXXXVII
- LXXXVIII
- LXXXIX
- XC
- XCI
- XCII
- XCIII
- XCIV
- XCV
- XCVI
- XCVII
- XCVIII
- XCIX
- C
- CI
- CII
- CIII
- CIV
- CV
- CVI
- CVII
- CVIII
- CIX
- CX
- CXI
- CXII
- CXIII
- CXIV
- CXV
- CXVI
- CXVII
- CXVIII
- CXIX
- CXX
- CXXI
- CXXII
- CXXIII
- CXXIV
- CXXV
- CXXVI
- CXXVII
- CXXVIII
- This Capitolo I Write to Luca Martin Addressing Him in It As Will Appear
- Book Second
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIII
- XIV
- XV
- XVI
- XVII
- XVIII
- XIX
- XX
- XXI
- XXII
- XXIII
- XXIV
- XXV
- XXVI
- XXVII
- XXVIII
- XXIX
- XXX
- XXXI
- XXXII
- XXXIII
- XXXIV
- XXXV
- XXXVI
- XXXVII
- XXXVIII
- XXXIX
- XL
- XLI
- XLII
- XLIII
- XLIV
- XLV
- XLVI
- XLVII
- XLVIII
- XLIX
- L
- LI
- LII
- LIII
- LIV
- LV
- LVI
- LVII
- LVIII
- LIX
- LX
- LXI
- LXII
- LXIII
- LXIV
- LXV
- LXVI
- LXVII
- LXVIII
- LXIX
- LXX
- LXXI
- LXXII
- LXXIII
- LXXIV
- LXXV
- LXXVI
- LXXVII
- LXXVIII
- LXXIX
- LXXX
- LXXXI
- LXXXII
- LXXXIII
- LXXXIV
- LXXXV
- LXXXVI
- LXXXVII
- LXXXVIII
- LXXXIX
- XC
- XCI
- XCII
- XCIII
- XCIV
- XCV
- XCVI
- XCVII
- XCVIII
- XCIX
- C
- CI
- CII
- CIII
- CIV
- CV
- CVI
- CVII
- CVIII
- CIX
- CX
- CXI
- CXII
- CXIII