Object details
Object number
3.1.22
Creator(s)
Title
History of the Old and New Testament [Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament]
Date
1704
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Amsterdam
Binding Description
Original gold-stamped calf binding; in the center, a design stamped in gold, a sphere supported by two angels, surmounted by Christ with cross at left, Moses with the tables of the law at the right; scrolls on the sides
Description
1 vol.: ill. (maps) ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Dimensions
42.9 x 10.5 cm (16 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed: Annotated with the genealogy of the Janssen family of Angoulême, France.
Provenance
Collection of André Janseen (d. 1743) and his wife Elizabeth Du Bauguesmarte.
By desccent to members of the Janseen family.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie & Co. Boston, for $8.50 on 30 April 1886, lot 1613.
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 a valuable collection... (29-30 April 1886, Boston), lot 1613.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 10.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 61-62.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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