Tragedies
author
Vittorio Alfieri
(Asti, 1749 - 1803, Florence)
publisher
Vincenzo Pazzini Carli e figli
(active Siena, 1707 - 1769)
Date1783
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.c.3.10
eMuseum ID720887
EmbARK ObjectID17660
Other NumberARC.007559
TMS Source ID5914
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[1], 423 pages ; 23 cm.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. Catalogue of the Choice Library of the late Edward Cheney, Esq. (London, 25-29 June 1886), lot 29.
M. De Gregorio.""Le bindolerie pazzine". L’editio princeps delle Tragedie alfieriane e la Tipografia Pazzini Carli." Studi Settecenteschi 9 (1988), pp. 59-92.
Vittorio Colombo. "Cimeli Alferiani e Varie Curiosità". Studi Italiani 35 (2006), pp. 91-114.
M. De Gregorio.""Le bindolerie pazzine". L’editio princeps delle Tragedie alfieriane e la Tipografia Pazzini Carli." Studi Settecenteschi 9 (1988), pp. 59-92.
Vittorio Colombo. "Cimeli Alferiani e Varie Curiosità". Studi Italiani 35 (2006), pp. 91-114.
MarksNotesInscribed (fly-leaf): autograph writing.
ProvenanceNotesGift of the author Vittorio Alfieri to abbé Louis Goudard, with an autograph inscription.
Edward Cheney (1803-1884), English art collector and watercolorist: his bookplate and sale, 25 June 1886, lot 29.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of Edward Cheney's library for 4 shillings with the assistance of Charles Eliot Norton and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch, London, July 1886. Gift of the author Vittorio Alfieri to abbé Louis Goudard, with an autograph inscription.
Edward Cheney (1803-1884), English art collector and watercolorist: his bookplate and sale, 25 June 1886, lot 29.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of Edward Cheney's library with the assistance of Charles Eliot Norton and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch, London for 4 shillings, July 1886.
Edward Cheney (1803-1884), English art collector and watercolorist: his bookplate and sale, 25 June 1886, lot 29.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of Edward Cheney's library for 4 shillings with the assistance of Charles Eliot Norton and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch, London, July 1886. Gift of the author Vittorio Alfieri to abbé Louis Goudard, with an autograph inscription.
Edward Cheney (1803-1884), English art collector and watercolorist: his bookplate and sale, 25 June 1886, lot 29.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of Edward Cheney's library with the assistance of Charles Eliot Norton and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch, London for 4 shillings, July 1886.
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