This book is considered the final part of the author's trilogy on Michelangelo's oeuvre ("Michelangelo" [Paintings] Abrams, 1965 and "Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture", Abrams, c. 1968). This publication has appeared under various international imprints, including one published in London by Thames and Hudson in 1971 as "The Drawings of Michelangelo". There have been subsequent reprintings as well, namely one by Abrams in 1976 that includes a "Handlist of newly accepted drawings by Michelangelo" (pp. 409-410).