Object details
Object number
9.b.3.14
Creator(s)
Title
On the False Embassy [De Falsa Legatione oratio]
Date
1721
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Oxford
Binding Description
Dark blue leather binding with gilded border on front and back boards, gilded decoration and lettering on spine.
Description
[8], 240, 108, [12] p., [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Dimensions
20 x 13 x 4.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Sticker (inside front cover, top left): H. Guy / Bookseller / & Stationer / High Street / Chelmsford
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left): 9.b. / 3.14 / EE =
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top center): Contemporary fore-edge / painting of Eton College.
Inscribed in black ink (loose front endpaper, top right): R. Michild (crossed out)
Inscribed in black ink (losse front endpaper, top right): T. Mills / Coval Hall. / Chelmsford / Jan. 1st 1837.
Provenance
Collection of R. Michild.
Collection of T. Mills, Coval Hall, Chelmsford in 1837.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $55 on 16 June 1922.
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.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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