Object details
Object number
S.G.S.4.8
Creator(s)
Title
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti [Vita di Michelangelo Buonarroti]
Date
1875
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Florence
Binding Description
half-bound in brown leather and marbled brown and white paper boards. Gilded title on spine.
Description
2 v. : ill., fold. facsims, fold. plans, fold. geneal. tables, music ; 25 cm.
Dimensions
24 x 16.5 x 3 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): gilded crest of the Stewart-Gardner families
Sticker (inside front cover, top right): Schoenhof & Moeller / Boston / 40 Winter Street 40
Inscribed in pencil (inside front flyleaf, top right corner): 338/2
Signed in black ink (title page, top): I.S. Gardner
Signed in pencil (facing page iii, center): S. B. Torricelli
Provenance
Probably in the library of S.B. Torricelli; 1875
Possibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Schoenhof and Moeller, Boston, 1875-1878.
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.
Gallery
Short Gallery
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