The Great Deeds of King Meliadus
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Heirs of Aldus Manutius
(active Venice, 1521 - 1560)
publisher
Federico Torresano
(active 1538 - 1561)
printer
Giuseppe Guglielmo
(active Vicenza, 1558 - 1576)
binder
Niedrée
(active until 1864)
Date1560
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.2 x 3.9 cm (6 x 1 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.3.3
eMuseum ID721089
EmbARK ObjectID17801
TMS Source ID6018
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol. ; 15 cm. (8°)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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 3.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court. (Boston, 1922), pp. 84-85.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court. (Boston, 1922), pp. 84-85.
MarksNotesInscribed: autograph notes [hand of Louis Sobolewski]
Enclosed typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: photocopy of a typed bibliographic description
Enclosed page: dealer catalogue illustration of "Meliadus de Leonnoys. Paris, 1528", lot 339
Enclosed typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: photocopy of a typed bibliographic description
Enclosed page: dealer catalogue illustration of "Meliadus de Leonnoys. Paris, 1528", lot 339
ProvenanceNotesCollection of a Louis Sobolewski.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch, London for £4.4 on 10 March 1887, lot 36939.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch, London for £4.4 on 10 March 1887, lot 36939.
