Object details
Object number
2.c.3.7
Creator(s)
Title
Felsina pittrice: vite de pittori bolognesi alla maesta christianissima di Lvigi XIIII, Vol. 1
Date
1678
Medium
Printed ink on paper
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.
Dimensions
24.13 x 16.51 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
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
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.
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.
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.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Dante Case
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