Object details
Object number
7.1.29
Creator(s)
Title
Six Comedies by Terence [Pub. Terentii Comoediae sex. Ex recensione Heinsiana]
Date
1635
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Leiden
Binding Description
Brown leather binding with gilded borders on boards and gilded lettering on spine
Description
[48], 304, [8] pages ; 24°
Dimensions
13.5 x 8 x 2 cm (5 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, top): Bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Dieu Defendre le Droit / From the / Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. / Purchased, March, 1883, / By BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 Piccadilly, London
Provenance
In the collection of the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England.
Purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) in March 1883.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £2 10s on 10 March 1887.
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.
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 66.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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