Object details
Object number
7.1.12
Creator(s)
Title
Prose of M. Pietro Bembo [Delle prose di M. Pietro Bembo]
Date
1540
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Cream vellum binding with gilded decoration on boards and spine; gilded lettering on spine
Description
112 leaves ; 16 cm. (8vo).
1 v. in 3 parts
Dimensions
15.5 x 10 x 4 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Enclosed: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Bookplate: Ex Libris Isabella. (ARC.010555)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1906.
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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 8.
H. M. Adams. Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries (Cambridge, 1967), I, p. 109, B572 (Var. B: Nel verso del front.: edition terza).-
Frans Korsten. A catalogue of the Library of Thomas Baker (Cambridge; New York, 1990), p. 30, no. 290.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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