Object details
Accession number
4.a.4.3
Creators
- Jean-Baptiste Lully (Florence, 1632 - 1687, Paris) - author
- Philippe Quinault (1635 - 1688, Paris) - author
- Christophe Ballard (Paris, 1666 - 1715) - printer
- Ovid (Sulmona, 43 BC - 18 AD, Constanta) - author
- Jean Le Pautre (Paris, 1618 - 1682, Paris) - engraver
- Jean Berain (Saint-Mihiel, 1640 - 1711, Paris) - illustrator
- Antoine Ruette (1609 - 1669) - binder
Object Case
Horn Book Case
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Citron morocco; on the sides, fleurs-de-lys with narrow border; in the panels of the back, smaller fleurs-de-lys; gilt edges
Description
1 vol., ([12], 70 [i.e. 68] pages, [1] leaf of plates) : ill. ; 24 cm (4°)
Provenance
Collection of Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715).
Purchased Isabella Stewart Gardner for £21 at an unknown date.
Marks
Enclosed: paper, inscribed in black ink: bibliographic description [hand of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Enclosed: two photocopies of typed bibliographic descriptions
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1680 -- 4.a. 4.3"
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 44.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 88.
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