Object details
Accession number
2.c.3.7
Creators
Full title
Felsina pittrice: vite de pittori bolognesi alla maesta christianissima di Lvigi XIIII, Vol. 1
Creation Date
1678
Object Case
Dante Case
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Bologna
Binding Description
Light brown calf with a double fillet at the edge and sides; tooled back
Description
1 vol. : paper ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Provenance
Collection of the poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771).
Collection of scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908).
Gift from the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Cambridge, Massachusetts to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 4 June 1904.
Marks
Inscribed marginal notes by Thomas Gray
Enclosed: correspondence: letter from Charles Eliot Norton to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 4 June 1904
Enclosed: calling cards of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Henry Burton, 68 Beacon Street
Dimensions
24.13 x 16.51 cm (9 1/2 x 6 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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 46.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 58.
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