Object details

Object number

7.2.29

Creator(s)

• Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - 1564, Rome) - author
• Benedetto, Varchi (Florence, 1503 - 1565, Florence) - editor
• Mario Guiducci (Florence, 1584 - 1646) - editor
• Cesare Guasti (Prato, 1822 - 1889, Florence) - editor
• Felice Le Monnier (active Florence) - publisher

Title

The Poetry of Michelangelo Buonarroti: Painter, Sculptor and Architect [Le rime di Michelangelo Buonarroti, pittore, scultore e architetto]

Date

1863

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

Italian

Publication Place

Florence

Binding Description

Three-quarters bound: brown leather spine and corners with gilded lettering on spine. Brown marbled paper boards.

Description

cxxxv, 365, [2] pages : 2 facsims. ; 32 cm.

Dimensions

30.5 x 22 x 3 cm (12 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Signed in black ink (half-title page, top): Isabella S. Gardner / September 1891.

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in September 1891.

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. 48.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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