Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Vol 1
Author: first_name: Benvenuto
last_name: Cellini
Language: English
Year: 1893

Cellini's autobiographical memoirs, which he began writing in Florence in 1558, give a detailed account of his singular career, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, written in an energetic, direct, and racy style. They show a great self-regard and self-assertion, sometimes running into extravagances which are impossible to credit. He even writes in a complacent way of how he contemplated his murders before carrying them out. He writes of his time in Paris:<br/><br/>   
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