Object details

Object number

1.b.1.32

Creator(s)

• Clément Marot (Cahors, 1496 - 1544, Turin, Italy) - primary
• Claude Gautier (active Le Mans, 16th century) - printer
• Hippolyte Duru (active France, 1803 - 1884) - binder

Title

The Works of Clement Marot [Les Oeuvres de Clement Marot]

Date

1571

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

French

Publication Place

Paris?

Description

1 v.; [26] + 925 pages ; 32°

Provenance

Offered at the sale of the Horatio Greenough Collection from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 12 and 13 December 1890, lot 487.
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Theodore F. Dwight at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston on 19 November 1891, lot 2036.
Gift from Theodore F. Dwight to Isabella Stewart Gardner, Christmas 1893.

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. 47.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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