Object details
Object number
2.b.2.1
Creator(s)
Title
The Wealth of Vulgar Language [Le ricchezze della lingua volgare]
Date
1543
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Description
225 pages ; 33 cm.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed: J.R.L. from C.E.N. / 22d February, 1860. / Since love you have, & will have while I live, / Riches are all you need, & these I give'.
Provenance
Collection of James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), author and diplomat to whom it was given by Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, with this inscription: 'J.R.L. from C.E.N. / 22d February, 1860. / Since love you have, & will have while I live, / Riches are all you need, & these I give'.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, for $40 on 10 July 1922.
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.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Dante Case
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