Orlando Furioso
author
Ludovico Ariosto
(Reggio Emilia, 1474 - 1533, Ferrara)
editor
Lodovico Dolce
(Venice, 1508 - 1568, Venice)
editor
Thomaso Porcacchi
(Castiglion Fiorentino, about 1530 - about 1585, Venice)
printer
Fioravante Prati
(active Venice, 1584 - 1618)
Date1595
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper; leather
Dimensions16.5 x 11 x 4 cm (6 1/2 x 4 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.9
eMuseum ID719460
EmbARK ObjectID17830
TMS Source ID6046
Last Updated8/9/24
Description265 pages, [5] ; 16°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. 5.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, center): Samuel Bosanquet Esq.
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover, bottom left): F / G17
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): BVorster / 1711
Inscribed in blue pencil (front flyleaf, top right): 4.00/40
Inscribed in black ink (title page, top): Academie Amstel[?]
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover, bottom left): F / G17
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): BVorster / 1711
Inscribed in blue pencil (front flyleaf, top right): 4.00/40
Inscribed in black ink (title page, top): Academie Amstel[?]
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of English barrister Samuel Richard Bosanquet (1800-1882).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for 62 1/2 cents on 29 April 1886, lot 70.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for 62 1/2 cents on 29 April 1886, lot 70.
