Object details
Object number
7.1.27
Creator(s)
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Hugo Grotius
(Delft, 1583 - 1645, Rostock, Germany)
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author
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Daniel Elzevir
(active Leiden, Paris, Amsterdam, 1652 - 1681)
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printer
Title
The Christian Religion [De veritate religionis Christianae]
Date
1680
Medium
Printed ink on paper; leather
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Amsterdam
Binding Description
Black leather binding with embossed decoration on boards and spine; gilded lettering and red leather decoration on spine
Description
[12], 396 pages ; 24°
Dimensions
13.5 x 8 x 2.8 cm (5 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/16 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. 32.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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