Note 2 — INTRODUCTORY ESSAY
Louisa S. Maclehose translation
The materials for our knowledge of Vasari and his works are derived from his own Autobiography and his notes on himself in the Lives of other artists, as well as from the Ragionamenti and from the Letters, printed by Milanesi in the eighth volume of the Sansoni edition of Vasari’s writings, or previously printed by Gaye in the third volume of the Carteggio.