Charlemagne, Volume I
author
Lucien Bonaparte
(Ajaccio, France, 1775 - 1840, Viterbo, Papal States)
publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
(English, 1811 - 1824)
printer
Thomas Davison
(active London, 1794 - 1830)
subject
Charlemagne
(Aachen, 742 - 814, Aachen)
Date1814
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions28 x 22 x 3.5 cm (11 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.a.1.3
eMuseum ID725666
EmbARK ObjectID19242
TMS Source ID6699
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v.,[28] 392 pages, portr.; 4°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.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, center): Sir John Hay Bart. / of / Smithfield & Haystoun
Pasted in (front flyleaf): typewritten letter explaining the book's provenance, Cardinal Consalvi's Copy with L. Bonaparte's Autograph (ARC.010026)
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): Hommage de l'auteur à l'Eminence [Ercole?] / Cardinal Consalvi / LB
Pasted in (front flyleaf): typewritten letter explaining the book's provenance, Cardinal Consalvi's Copy with L. Bonaparte's Autograph (ARC.010026)
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): Hommage de l'auteur à l'Eminence [Ercole?] / Cardinal Consalvi / LB
ProvenanceNotesGift from the author Lucien Bonaparte to Cardinal Ercole Consalvi (1757-1824).
In the collection of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun (1788-1838).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston for $15 on 30 January 1922.
In the collection of Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun (1788-1838).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Co., Boston for $15 on 30 January 1922.
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