The Divine Comedy
author
Dante Alighieri
(Florence, 1265 - 1321, Ravenna)
printer
Aldus Manutius
(Bassiano, about 1450 - 1515, Venice)
Date1502
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.7 x 9.4 cm (6 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.c.1.4
eMuseum ID720900
Other NumberARC.007546
EmbARK ObjectID17662
TMS Source ID5916
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 Vol. (244 leaves, 486 pages) : paper ; 15.7 x 9.4 cm (octavo)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 544.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 2, 22.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 96. (as Venetian binding)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 251.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 7 (17 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
Maureen Cunningham. “The Dante Quest.” Fenway Court: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (1972), p. 24.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), p. 148.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 2003), p. 72, ill.
Anne-Marie Eze in Jeffrey F. Hamburger et al. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Newton: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Cambridge: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2016), pp. 17, 233, 241, 303, 311-12, no. 249, ill.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), pp. 2, 22.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 96. (as Venetian binding)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 251.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 7 (17 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
Maureen Cunningham. “The Dante Quest.” Fenway Court: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (1972), p. 24.
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), p. 148.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston: 2003), p. 72, ill.
Anne-Marie Eze in Jeffrey F. Hamburger et al. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Newton: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Cambridge: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2016), pp. 17, 233, 241, 303, 311-12, no. 249, ill.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (er4, Inferno; lower right):' [indecipherable] miedebadan(?)"
Inscribed in ink (er4, Inferno; lower right): "1.iq 3iGd(?)"
Inscribed in ink (H4v, upper center): [indecipherable]
Inscribed in ink (t4r, Purgatory; lower right): [indecipherable] miedebadan(?)"
Inscribed in ink (t4r, Purgatory; lower right): "1iG 3i4(?)"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Inscribed in ink (er4, Inferno; lower right): "1.iq 3iGd(?)"
Inscribed in ink (H4v, upper center): [indecipherable]
Inscribed in ink (t4r, Purgatory; lower right): [indecipherable] miedebadan(?)"
Inscribed in ink (t4r, Purgatory; lower right): "1iG 3i4(?)"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the art collector and watercolor painter Edward Cheney (1803-1884), by 13 June 1886.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Cheney sale at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London for £2.13 on 2 July 1886 through the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London, lot 544.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Cheney sale at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London for £2.13 on 2 July 1886 through the scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) and the bookseller Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London, lot 544.
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