One Hundred Fables
author
Gabriello Faerno
(Cremona, 1511 - 1561, Rome)
translator
Charles Perrault
(Paris, 1628 - 1703, Paris)
Date1744
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions23.5 x 20 x 3 cm (9 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.3.24
eMuseum ID722227
TMS Source ID27996
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
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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.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston, for $20 on 16 May 1922.
J. Pearson & Co.
1922
