Auree epistole. Johannis Pici Mirandulae viri omnium mortalium doctissimi eloquentissimiq[ue]
author
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
(Mirandola, 1463 - 1494, Florence)
author
Battista Mantovano
(1447 - 1516)
printer
Michel Le Noir
(active Paris, 1486 - 1520)
Date1499
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions20.4 x 13.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.3.11
eMuseum ID723796
Other NumberISTC ip00637000
EmbARK ObjectID18414
Other NumberGoff P637
Other NumberARC.007515
TMS Source ID6347
Last Updated8/9/24
Description29 leaves; 20.4 cm. (12mo)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.
BibliographyNotesCharles F. Libbie & 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, 17-21 November 1891), p. 215, lot. 2366.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 54.
Frederick Richmond Goff. Incunabula in American libraries; a third census of fifteenth-century books recorded in North American collections (New York, 1964), no. P637.
Rebecca Karo. Short-Title Catalogue of Highlights from the Book Collection in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1970s), no. 10.
Laura Nuvoloni in Jeffery F. Hamburger et al. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Newton: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Cambridge: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2016), pp. 307-308, no. 246, ill. f.AIr.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 54.
Frederick Richmond Goff. Incunabula in American libraries; a third census of fifteenth-century books recorded in North American collections (New York, 1964), no. P637.
Rebecca Karo. Short-Title Catalogue of Highlights from the Book Collection in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1970s), no. 10.
Laura Nuvoloni in Jeffery F. Hamburger et al. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Newton: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Cambridge: Houghton Library, Harvard University, 2016), pp. 307-308, no. 246, ill. f.AIr.
MarksNotesWatermarks (e.g. on A3): [unidentified]
Inscribed in pencil (bottom of front pastedown): "P"
Inscribed in pencil (bottom of front pastedown): [a check mark]
Affixed (front pastedown): engraving with monogram of the initials B and I [dated 19th century], no. 789 [library no.]
Affixed (front pastedown): Clipping [Hunt collection sale catalogue, lot 2366, dated 1891].
Affixed (recto of front fly leaf): bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Inscribed in pen (verso of front fly leaf): "Michel le Noir (Niger) by whom this Work was printed, commenced the Art of Typography in the city of Paris in 1489. He was a printer of very considerable interest whose impressions are held in high estimation by the admirers of early Parisian Typography." [source: Timperley's Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote, p. 188]
Inscribed in pen (at the top left of the title page): "W"
Erased mark in pencil (at top right of the title page)
Underlining of text and marginalia in pen: "(ff. A2r-v, A3r, B2v, B6v, C1r-v, C2r, C3r, C6r, D2r, D3v and D4r)"
Inscribed in pencil (verso of back fly leaf, in the gutter): "$7.75"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: photocopy of typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: paper strip inscribed in pencil: "1499"
Inscribed in pencil (bottom of front pastedown): "P"
Inscribed in pencil (bottom of front pastedown): [a check mark]
Affixed (front pastedown): engraving with monogram of the initials B and I [dated 19th century], no. 789 [library no.]
Affixed (front pastedown): Clipping [Hunt collection sale catalogue, lot 2366, dated 1891].
Affixed (recto of front fly leaf): bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Inscribed in pen (verso of front fly leaf): "Michel le Noir (Niger) by whom this Work was printed, commenced the Art of Typography in the city of Paris in 1489. He was a printer of very considerable interest whose impressions are held in high estimation by the admirers of early Parisian Typography." [source: Timperley's Encyclopaedia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote, p. 188]
Inscribed in pen (at the top left of the title page): "W"
Erased mark in pencil (at top right of the title page)
Underlining of text and marginalia in pen: "(ff. A2r-v, A3r, B2v, B6v, C1r-v, C2r, C3r, C6r, D2r, D3v and D4r)"
Inscribed in pencil (verso of back fly leaf, in the gutter): "$7.75"
Enclosed: typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: photocopy of typed bibliographic description
Enclosed: paper strip inscribed in pencil: "1499"
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of an unknown collector, "B.I.", about 19th century, no. 789.
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the David Hunt sale from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $32 on 27 November 1891, lot 2366.
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the David Hunt sale from the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $32 on 27 November 1891, lot 2366.
