Object details
Accession number
4.b.3.6
Creators
Full title
The Office of the Holy Week [L’office de la Semaine Sainte]
Creation Date
1752
Object Case
Horn Book Case
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Dark green morocco; dentelle border on the sides, with the arms of Marie Leczinska in the center; tooled back; inside borders; gilt edges
Description
1 vol., ([4], XLi-XLVi, 554, 4 pages): paper ; ill. ; 17 cm. (16°)
Provenance
Collection of Marie Leszczynska, Queen consort of Louis XV, King of France (1703-1768), about 1752.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Marked (binding): coat of arms of Marie Leczinska
Affixed (inside cover): bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: dealer catalogue lot description, lot 320
Dimensions
17.15 x 10.16 cm (6 3/4 x 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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 59.
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