Object details
Accession number
7.1.28
Creators
Full title
Commentaries on the Incarnation of the Word [De incarnatione verbi, Libri iii et iv]
Creation Date
1510
Object Case
Contemporary Authors Case
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Crushed levant morocco; gilt edges
Description
1 vol. : paper ; ill. ; 14 cm (24°)
Provenance
Collection of the American sculptor Horatio Greenough (1805-1852).
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Greenough sale from auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 12 or 13 December 1891, lot 449.
Dimensions
14.29 x 10.48 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/8 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. Fine Books in Sumptuous Bindings, Illuminated Manuscripts...From the Library of the Late Horatio Greenough, Sculptor, of Boston, and Florence, Italy (Boston, 12-13 December 1890), lot 449.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 44.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 88.
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