Works
author
Virgil
(Mantua, 70 BCE - 19 BCE, Brindisi)
printer
Aedes Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri
(active Venice, 1508 - 1529)
printer
Aldus Manutius
(Bassiano, about 1450 - 1515, Venice)
editor
Andrea Navagero
(1483 - 1529)
binder
Robert Storr
(active Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1820 - 1842)
DateOctober 1514
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions19 x 13 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.3.7
eMuseum ID723210
EmbARK ObjectID12485
Other NumberARC.007513
Other Number308
TMS Source ID1596
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., 220, [4] leaves : paper ; 17 cm. (8×)Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella 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.
BibliographyNotesSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library: Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12 December 1884), p. 188, lot 2050.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 2-3.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 2-3.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
MarksNotesInscribed (on tag): "Bound by R. Storr, Grantham"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description.
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1514"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description.
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1514"
ProvenanceNotesProbably in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Offered for sale by the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 12 December 1884, lot 2050.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London on 10 March 1887 for £20.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
Offered for sale by the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 12 December 1884, lot 2050.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London on 10 March 1887 for £20.
