Object details
Object number
7.1.33
Creator(s)
Title
On Oceanic Matters and the New World [De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe]
Date
1574
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Cologne
Binding Description
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on the sides, a double fillet, succeeded by the same; in the panels of the back, a double fillet, fleurons at the sides, and the chiffre of Comte Riant in the centre; inside border; gilt edges
Description
1 vol., ([48], 655, [33] pages) : paper ; ill. ; 17 cm. (16°)
Dimensions
17.5 x 11 x 4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Bibliothèque / de M. le comte Riant
Bookplate (page after front flyleaf): EX LIBRIS / ISABELLA
Inscribed in black ink (page after front flyleaf, center): ex dono / A.C/ Coolidge / Christmas M.D.C.C.C.C.
Marked (binding, sides): chiffre of Paul Edouard Didier Riant
Provenance
Collection of the antiquarian and orientalist Paul Edouard Didier Riant (1836-1888), Paris.
Gift from Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866-1928) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1900.
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. 54.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 59.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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