Object details
Accession number
1.b.1.3
Primary Creator
Full title
Letter of a Carmelite Nun to a Person Engaged in Heresy [Lettre d'une Religieuse Carmelite à une personne engagée dans l'Hérésie, touchant la Communion sous les deux espéces. Avec les motifs de la conversion de Madame la Duchesse d'Yorck]
Creation Date
1749
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Description
1 vol., [12] + 114 + [4] p., 24°
Provenance
Collection of Comte Edouard Roger.
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $17.50 on 16 April 1890, lot 803.
Dimensions
14.45 x 8.41 cm (5 11/16 x 3 5/16 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
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Library, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps and Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, esq., of Montreal... (Boston, 15-19 April 1890), p. 82, lot 803.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 25.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 95.
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