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Hero and Leander
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Hero and Leander

author (6th century BCE - 6th century BCE)
author (about 1470 - 1517, Rome)
printer (active Venice, 1508 - 1529)
printer (Bassiano, about 1450 - 1515, Venice)
printer (active Venice, 1451 - 1529)
binder (Eton, 1738 - 1797, London)
binder (active Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1820 - 1842)
Date1517
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 3.6 cm (6 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.3.6
eMuseum ID720734
Other NumberARC.007511
EmbARK ObjectID17803
TMS Source ID6020
Last Updated8/9/24
Description80 l. 2 illus. 17 cm.
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.
BibliographyNotesSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library, Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12-20 December 1884), p. 188, lot 2050.
Isabella 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. 92-93.
Hilliard Goldfarb. Italian Renaissance Drawings, Medals, and Books. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum I. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1991).
MarksNotesEnclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: paper strip, inscribed in pencil: "1517"
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Probably purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) at the Thorold sale from the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 20 December 1884, lot 2051.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £6 on 10 March 1887, lot 36854.