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The Decameron

author Giovanni Boccaccio (Certaldo, 1313 - 1375, Certaldo)

printer Heredi di Philippo de Giunta (Italian, 1497 - 1599)

printer Filippo Giunta (active Florence and Venice, 1533 - 1600)

Date1573

Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions58.4 x 38.1 cm (23 x 15 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number2.c.3.9

eMuseum ID728018

EmbARK ObjectID17136

TMS Source ID5437

Last Updated8/9/24

Description1 vol., ([29], 578, [2] p.) : paper ; 58 cm (8×)

Status

Not on view

Web 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.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 10.

MarksNotesEnclosed: photocopy of typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: page 81/82 of a dealer catalogue with an illustration of "Boccaccio.Decamerone.Venice, 1504"(r); Illustration of "Gualla. Papie Sanctuarium.Pavia, 15--" (v)

ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1906.