Excerpt from The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: Newly Translated Into English I have recently put myself into these very confidential relations with Cellini, having made the completely new English version of his autobiography to which the follow ing pages serve as introduction. I think that I am there fore justified In once more handling a somewhat haclmeyed subject, and in rectifying what I have previously published concerning it.' 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.