Object details
Object number
4.a.5.4
Creator(s)
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Cornelius Nepos
(active Rome, about 110 BCE - about 24 CE)
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author
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Francesco Petrarch
(Arezzo, 1304 - 1374, Arquà Petrarca)
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author
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Heinrich Petri
(active Basel, 1527 - 1579)
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printer
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Antonio Bonfini
(Patrigone, 1427 - 1503, Budapest)
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translator
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Girolamo Maggi
(Anghiari, about 1523 - 1572, Istanbul)
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editor
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Hermann Witekind
(Neuenrade , 1522 - 1603, Heidelberg)
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editor
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Konrad Lykosthenes
(Rouffach, 1518 - 1561, Basel)
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editor
Title
Life of the Distinguished [Vitae virorvm illvstrivm]
Date
1563
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Basel
Description
[28], 695 pages ; F
Provenance
Collection of Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and stateman (1602-1661).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from booksellers J.Pearson & Co., London for £75 on 18 Novmeber 1901.
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 Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court. (Boston, 1922), p. 71.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Horn Book Case
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