Object details
Accession number
2.a.3.5
Creators
Full title
Martial Epigrams [Martialis epigrammata]
Creation Date
December 1501
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Full blue straight-grain morocco; back and sides tooled ; gilt edges
Description
1 vol. : paper ; 15 cm (16°)
Provenance
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal .
Offered at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 15 April 1890, lot 29.
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $21 on 17 November 1891, lot 43.
Marks
Affixed: bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Enclosed: two typed bibliographic descriptions
Dimensions
15.4 x 9.5 cm (6 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Library, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps and Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, esq., of Montreal... (Boston, 15-19 April 1890), p. 3, lot 29.
Charles F. Libbie and Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 1891), p. 5, lot 43.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 2.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 56.
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