Object details

Object number

9.a.1.3

Creator(s)

• Lucien Bonaparte (Ajaccio, France, 1775 - 1840, Viterbo, Papal States) - author
• Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown (active London, 1811 - 1824) - publisher
• Thomas Davison (active London, 1794 - 1830) - printer
• Charlemagne (Aachen, 742 - 814, Aachen) - subject

Title

Charlemagne: ou, L'Eglise Delivrée, Poème Epique, en Vingt-Quatre Chants

Date

1814

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

French

Publication Place

London

Binding Description

Burgundy leather binding with gilded tooled floral decoration on front and back covers, gilded lettering and decoration on spine

Description

2 v.,[28] 392 pages, portr.; 4°

Dimensions

28 x 22 x 3.5 cm (11 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Sir John Hay Bart. / of / Smithfield & Haystoun
Pasted in (front flyleaf): typewritten letter explaining the book's provenance, Cardinal Consalvi's Copy with L. Bonaparte's Autograph (ARC.010026)
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): Hommage de l'auteur à l'Eminence [Ercole?] / Cardinal Consalvi / LB

Provenance

Gift from the author Lucien Bonaparte to Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1757-1824).
In the collection of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun (1788-1838).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston for $15 on 30 January 1922.

Commentary

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Gallery

Macknight Room

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