The Decameron
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Giovanni Boccaccio
(Certaldo, 1313 - 1375, Certaldo)
printer
Alessandro de' Vecchi
(active Venice, 1602 - 1630)
editor
Lionardo Salviati
(Florence, 1540 - 1589)
Date1602
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.c.3.11
eMuseum ID718807
Other NumberARC.007560
EmbARK ObjectID20844
TMS Source ID7396
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[20], 400 pages ; 21 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. 10.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $3.25 on 29 April 1886, lot 360.
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