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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Antiquity Explained and Illustrated: Volume II, Part I
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Antiquity Explained and Illustrated: Volume II, Part I

author (Paris, 1655 - 1741, Paris)
illustrator (Paris, 1655 - 1741, Paris)
printer (active Paris, 1685-1722)
Date1719
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions44 x 30.5 x 5.5 cm (17 5/16 x 12 x 2 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.e.2.1
eMuseum ID725198
EmbARK ObjectID21165
TMS Source ID7642
Last Updated8/9/24
Description3v. in 10. illus., ports., plans. 39 cm.

Status
Not on view
Web 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.
MarksNotes
Embossed (front cover, center): Arms of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764)
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Unidentified coat of arms

ProvenanceNotesCollection of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $225 for 15 volumes on 13 September 1922.