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Amatoria
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Amatoria

author (Sulmona, 43 BCE - 18 CE, Constanta)
editor (active Lyon, 1532 - 1568)
printer (active Geneva, Lyon, 1538 - 1561)
printer (active Lyon, 1536 - 1570)
Date1555
Place MadeLyons, Lyonnais, France, Europe
MediumInk on vellum
Dimensions13 x 7.6 cm (5 1/8 x 3 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number3.T.7
eMuseum ID719404
EmbARK ObjectID17556
TMS Source ID5818
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., (352 pages) ; 13 cm. (24°)
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. 52.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 68.
MarksNotesInscribed (front cover, center): ".HEN. II . R"
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Henry II, King of France (1519-1559).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from booksellers J.Pearson & Co., London for £38 on 10 October 1901.