Object details

Object number

4.b.1.4

Creator(s)

• Erasmus Alber (Bruchenbrücken , about 1500 - 1553, Mecklenburg) - author
• Martin Luther (Eisleben, 1483 - 1564, Eisleben) - author
• Guillaume Laimarie (active Geneva, 1578 - 1598) - printer
• Antoine-Michel Padeloup (active Paris, 1712 - 1750, Paris) - binder
• Conrad Badius (active Paris and Geneva, 1542 - 1562) - translator

Title

The Alcoran of the Cordeliers [L' Alcoran des Cordeliers]

Date

1578

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

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°)

Dimensions

13.7 x 3.4 cm (5 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

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"

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.

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.

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.

Gallery

Long Gallery

Case

Horn Book Case

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