Object details
Accession number
2.a.3.10
Creators
Full title
Copy of a Letter from Naples [Copia de una lettera di Napoli]
Creation Date
1538-1539
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Rome
Binding Description
Full citron morocco; triple fillet and design of dolphin and anchor on side; triple fillet on back panels; inside borders; gilt edges
Description
2 vols. bound in 1; 8°
Provenance
Possibly in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Probably purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) at the Thorold sale from the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 20 December 1884, lot 1955.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £5 on 10 March 1887, lot 36523.
Dimensions
20.64 x 13.34 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 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
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library, Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12-20 December 1884), p. 178, lot 1955.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 19.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
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