Object details
Object number
7.1.6
Creator(s)
Title
The Decameron of Giovani Boccaccio, Florentine Citizen, Volume II [Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccacci, Cittadino Fiorentino. Parte Seconda]
Date
1679
Medium
Printed ink on paper; leather
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Amsterdam
Binding Description
Brown leather binding with gilded lettering on spine
Description
2 v ; 16°
Dimensions
15 x 8.5 x 3 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
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. 10.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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