Confessions, Book XIII
author
Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
(Roman/Algerian)
editor
Henricus Sommalius
(Namur, 1534 - 1619, Valenciennes)
printer
Daniel Elzevir
(active Leiden, Paris, Amsterdam, 1652 - 1681)
Date1675
Place MadeNetherlands, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions13 x 8.5 x 3 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.20
eMuseum ID719761
EmbARK ObjectID17828
TMS Source ID6044
Last Updated8/22/24
Description334, [17] pages ; 13 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 6.
Charles F. Libbie and Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 1891), p. 17.
Charles F. Libbie and Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 1891), p. 17.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, center): Ex libris / ULYSSIS CHAMECIN.
Inscribed in black pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left): 34 [crossed out] / 165
Inscribed in black pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left): 34 [crossed out] / 165
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the American book collector David Hunt.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Company, Boston, for $1.50 on 17 November 1891.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Company, Boston, for $1.50 on 17 November 1891.
