Object details
Object number
2.c.3.19
Creator(s)
Title
Life of the Cardinal of Amboise, with a Parallel of the Famous Cardinals Who Ruled Estates [Vie du cardinal d'Amboise, premies ministre de Louis XII, avec un parallèle des cardinaux célèbres qui ont gouverné des Estats]
Date
1724
Medium
Ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Rouen
Binding Description
Brown moroccan leather
Description
[10], 564 pages , [2] leaves of plates : ports. ; 4°
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Pattern on binding (border): alternating fleurs-de-lys and acanthus
Insignia on binding (center): the royal arms of Louis XV, with the insignia of the order of the St. Esprit
Pattern on binding (back): fleurs-de-lys in the panels of the back; in one panel, the central fleur-de-lys has been replaced by the Gulston arms
Enclosed: Receipt from F.W. Christern, New York (ARC.008273)
Provenance
Collection of Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774).
Collection of Eliza Gulston (1769-1857), Llanelli, Wales
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the foreign bookseller and importer F. W. Christern, New York on 28 June 1886 for $3.
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. 42.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Dante Case
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