Object details
Accession number
2.a.3.2
Creators
Full title
Poems
Creation Date
1640
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Crimson crushed levant morocco, pearl blue crushed levant morocco tooled with fillets and vine border; fillets on the covers; tooled back; gilt edges; in a chamois lined slip case and a full morocco silk lined padded case (Pétrus Ruban, 19th century)
Description
1 vol., [192] p., 16° (with case), 24° (without case)
Provenance
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $161 on 20 November 1891, lot 2667.
Marks
Enclosed: photocopy of two typed bibliographic descriptions
Enclosed: dealer catalogue lot description
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil "1640"
Enclosed: newsclipping titled "Mr. Clapp lectur" and a review of a lecture given by H.A. Clapp on Shakespeare's Sonnets in Steinart Hall
Dimensions
13.81 x 8.89 cm (5 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 17-21 November 1891), p. 242, lot 2667.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 62.
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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