Object details
Object number
5.T.1
Creator(s)
Title
Nine Lyric Poets [Carminum poetarum novem]
Date
1598
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Heidelberg
Binding Description
Clean copy, old calf, original binding
Description
191, [1 bl.] p. ; 8° (20 cm)
Dimensions
20 x 12 x 2.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (title page): Tanquam Exploratur / Sum Ben: Jonsoni
Provenance
From the library of Ben Jonson, (1572–1637), English poet and playwright.
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), pp. 39-40.
David McPherson. 'Ben Jonson's Library and Marginalia: An Annotated Catalogue'. Studies in Philology, Vol. 71, No. 5 (Dec., 1974), Texts and Studies, p. 77, no. 142.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Earlier Authors Case
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