Object details
Object number
2.a.3.8
Creator(s)
Title
Cicero's Family Epistles [Le epistole famigliari di Cicerone]
Date
1545
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Description
333, [1] leaves ; 17 cm.
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $1.25 on 29 April 1886, lot 10.
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.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Dante Case
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