The Wealth of Vulgar Language
author
Francesco Alunno
(Ferrara, 1485 - 1556, Venice)
printer
Heirs of Aldus Manutius
(active Venice, 1521 - 1560)
printer
Paulus Manutius
(Venice, 1512 - 1574, Rome)
printer
Aldus Manutius
(Bassiano, about 1450 - 1515, Venice)
Date1543
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.b.2.1
eMuseum ID720489
EmbARK ObjectID17805
TMS Source ID6022
Last Updated8/9/24
Description225 pages ; 33 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.
MarksNotesInscribed: J.R.L. from C.E.N. / 22d February, 1860. / Since love you have, & will have while I live, / Riches are all you need, & these I give'.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), author and diplomat to whom it was given by Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908), scholar and critic, with this inscription: 'J.R.L. from C.E.N. / 22d February, 1860. / Since love you have, & will have while I live, / Riches are all you need, & these I give'.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, for $40 on 10 July 1922.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, for $40 on 10 July 1922.
