Copy of a Letter from Naples
author
Francesco Marchesino
(active Naples)
printer
Antonio Blado
(active Rome, 1490 - 1567)
binder
Robert Storr
(active Grantham, Lincolnshire, 1820 - 1842)
author
Cosimo Pallavicino
(Italian)
Date1538-1539
Place MadeRome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions20.64 x 13.34 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.a.3.10
eMuseum ID719769
EmbARK ObjectID20776
TMS Source ID7374
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 vols. bound in 1; 8°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.
BibliographyNotesSotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Syston Park Library, Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart (London, 12-20 December 1884), p. 178, lot 1955.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 19.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 19.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of Sir John Thorold (1734-1815), ninth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Probably purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) at the Thorold sale from the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 20 December 1884, lot 1955.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £5 on 10 March 1887, lot 36523.
Collection of Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), tenth baronet of Syston Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Probably purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) at the Thorold sale from the auctioneers Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London on 20 December 1884, lot 1955.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £5 on 10 March 1887, lot 36523.
