Object details

Object number

2.a.3.6

Creator(s)

• Musaeus Grammaticus (6th century BCE - 6th century BCE) - author
• Marcus Musurus (about 1470 - 1517, Rome) - author
• Aedes Aldi Et Andreae Asulani Soceri (active Venice, 1508 - 1529) - printer
• Aldus Manutius (Bassiano, about 1450 - 1515, Venice) - printer
• Andreas Torresanus De Asula (active Venice, 1451 - 1529) - printer
• Roger Payne (Eton, 1738 - 1797, London) - binder
• Robert Storr (active Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1820 - 1842) - binder

Title

Hero and Leander [Mousaíou poiemátion Tà kath' Herò kaì Léandron]

Date

1517

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

Latin

Publication Place

Venice

Binding Description

Full crimson morocco; on the sides, a fillet, and in the center, dolphin and anchor entwined with a rope stamped in gold; gilt edges

Description

80 l. 2 illus. 17 cm.

Dimensions

15.9 x 3.6 cm (6 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1517"

Provenance

Possibly in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Probably purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) at the Thorold sale from the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 20 December 1884, lot 2051.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £6 on 10 March 1887, lot 36854.

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

Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library, Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12-20 December 1884), p. 188, lot 2050.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 3.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 92-93.
Hilliard Goldfarb. Italian Renaissance Drawings, Medals, and Books. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum I. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1991).

Gallery

Long Gallery

Case

Dante Case

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