Object details
Object number
7.1.10
Creator(s)
Title
Comedy by Ludovico Ariosto, Titled Cassaria [Comedia di Lodovico Ariosto Intitolata Cassaria]
Date
1525
Medium
Printed ink on paper; leather
Language
Italian
Publication Place
Venice
Binding Description
Full crimson crushed levant morocco extra; on the sides, a blind double fillet, succeeded by the same with a gold fleuron at the exterior corners; a scroll ornament in the centre; a single gold figure in each panel of the back; inside borders; gilt edges
Description
1 Vol., (LX c.) : paper ; ill. ; 16 cm. (8°)
Dimensions
15.5 x 10 x 0.5 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, top): [Bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner]
Provenance
Probably the collection of the author and collector Gerald Ephraim Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Probably purchased by the book collector Dr. David Hunt at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, 15-19 April 1890, lot 79.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $7 on 17 November 1891, lot 132.
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. Catalogue of the Library, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Maps and Prints Forming the Collection of Gerald E. Hart, esq., of Montreal... (Boston, 15-19 April 1890), p. 8, lot 79.
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 17-21 November 1891), p. 14, lot 132.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), pp. 74-75.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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