Object details
Accession number
4.a.3.3
Creators
Full title
Acis et Galatée: pastorale heroique en musique, representée pour la premiere fois dans le Château d'Anet devant Monseigneur le dauphin, par l'Academie royale de musique ... par exprés commandement de Sa Majesté
Creation Date
1686
Object Case
Horn Book Case
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Crimson morocco; on the sides, a single with a double fillet, fleurs-de-lys in the corners, the arms of Madame de Maintenon in the center; fleurs-de-lys in the panels of the back; gilt edges
Description
1 vol., ([8], 41, [7] p., [1] leaf of plates) : paper ; ill. ; 24 cm. (4°)
Provenance
Collection of the second wife of King Louis XIV of France, Françoise d'Aubigné (1635 –1719), Madame de Maintenon.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller J. Pearson & Co., London on 10 October 1901 for £60.
Marks
Marked (binding, front cover): coat of arms of Madame de Maintenon
Enclosed: paper fragment, inscribed in pencil: "Madame de Mainternon" handwritten in pencil (recto); "from beginning of scene quatriane (sic).-- 4.a.3.3"
Dimensions
24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 70.
Carl B. Schmidt. The livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Tragédies Lyriques: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York, 1995), LLC14-1.
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