Object details
Object number
7.1.28
Creator(s)
Title
Commentaries on the Incarnation of the Word [De incarnatione verbi]
Date
1510
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Crushed levant morocco; gilt edges
Description
1 vol. : paper ; ill. ; 14 cm (24°)
Dimensions
14.29 x 10.48 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse): iob / aen nil / Commentaries of / Peter Lombard / on the Incarnation of the / Word = other [?] / Paris 1510 / [?] / Printed by Jehan Petit
Enclosed: slip of blue paper
Provenance
Collection of the American sculptor Horatio Greenough (1805-1852).
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Greenough sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Company, Boston on 12 or 13 December 1891, lot 449.
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
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Fine Books in Sumptuous Bindings, Illuminated Manuscripts...From the Library of the Late Horatio Greenough, Sculptor, of Boston, and Florence, Italy (Boston, 12-13 December 1890), lot 449.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 44.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 88.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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