Excerpt from Botticelli<br><br>The chief material, however, from which the following pages have been compiled, has been supplied by the pictures themselves. With very few exceptions I have visited every picture described and a long residence in Italy has given me the opportunity of becoming in timately acquainted with Botticelli's works in Italian galleries. The opinions here expressed, whether they be in agreement or in disagreement with the views of other critics, have, in almost every case, been formed by me in the presence of the pictures themselves; and I advance them as the result of careful and independent study.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.