Object details

Object number

7.1.11

Creator(s)

• Andrea Alciati (Milan, 1492 - 1550, Pavia) - author
• Guillaume Rouillé (active Lyon, 1545 - 1589) - printer
• Pierre Eskrich (Paris, about 1530 - after 1590) - engraver
• Giovanni Marquale (active 16th century) - translator

Title

Emblematum Liber [Diverse Imprese Accommodate a Diverse Moralità]

Date

1564

Medium

Printed ink on paper; woodcuts

Language

Italian

Publication Place

Lyon

Binding Description

Cream-yellow vellum binding with handwritten title on front cover

Description

191, [1] pages (the last blank) : ill. ; 19 cm (8°)

Dimensions

18 x 12 x 3.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Bookplate (inside front cover): EX LIBRIS / ISABELLA

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1906.

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. 1.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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