Object details
Accession number
4.b.1.4
Creators
- Guillaume Laimarie (active Geneva, 1578 - 1598) - printer
- Conrad Badius (active Paris and Geneva, 1542 - 1562) - translator
- Antoine-Michel Padeloup (active Paris, 1712 - 1750, Paris) - binder
- Erasmus Alber (Bruchenbrücken , about 1500 - 1553, Mecklenburg) - author
- Martin Luther (Eisleben, 1483 - 1564, Eisleben) - author
Object Case
Horn Book Case
Language
French and Latin
Publication Place
Geneva
Binding Description
Citron morocco; on the sides, three fillets with a small rosette at the joint in the corners, the arms of Comte de Hoym in the center; the back is covered with a repetition of a scroll; narrow inside border; gilt edges
Description
1 vol. ([8], 344, [1], 15-382, [2] p., 2 fold. leaves of plates) : paper ; ill. ; 14 cm. (8°)
Provenance
Collection of Count Karl Heinrich von Hoym, diplomat and cabinet minister of the Electorate of Saxony (1694–1736).
Collection of Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $31 on 17 November 1891, lot 38.
Marks
Affixed: bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Marked (binding, sides): coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1578"
Bibliography
Charles F. Libbie & 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. 4, lot 31.
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. 85.
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