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Acis et Galatée
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Acis et Galatée

author (Toulouse, 1656 - 1723, Toulouse)
author (Florence, 1632 - 1687, Paris)
printer (Paris, 1666 - 1715)
engraver (active Paris, 1641 - 1701)
illustrator (Saint-Mihiel, 1640 - 1711, Paris)
Date1686
Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions24.1 x 18.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number4.a.3.3
eMuseum ID719974
EmbARK ObjectID17819
TMS Source ID6035
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., ([8], 41, [7] p., [1] leaf of plates) : paper ; ill. ; 24 cm. (4°)
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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 70.
Carl B. Schmidt. The livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Tragédies Lyriques: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York, 1995), LLC14-1.
MarksNotesMarked (binding, front cover): coat of arms of Madame de Maintenon
Enclosed: paper fragment, inscribed in pencil: "Madame de Mainternon" handwritten in pencil (recto); "from beginning of scene quatriane (sic).-- 4.a.3.3"
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the second wife of King Louis XIV of France, Françoise d'Aubigné (1635 –1719), Madame de Maintenon.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller J. Pearson & Co., London on 10 October 1901 for £60.