Object details
Accession number
1.b.1.13
Primary Creator
Full title
A Prodigious History of a Detestable Parricide [Histoire prodigieuse d'un detestable parricide entrepris en la personne du roy]
Creation Date
1594
Language
French
Publication Place
[Paris?]
Description
56 pages ; 16°
Provenance
Collection of the American sculptor Horatio Greenough (1805-1852).
Offered at the sale of the Horatio Greenough Collection from the auctioneers and appraisers C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 12 December 1890, lot 342.
Collection of the author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Offered at the sale of Hart collection from the auctioneers and appraisers C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 17 April 1890, lot 1114.
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co. Boston for $11 on 18 November 1891, lot 1479.
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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