(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Rationarium temporum

author Denis Petau (Orléans , 1583 - 1652, Paris)

printer Sebastien Cramoisy (active 1606 - 1669)

Date1633

Place MadeParis, Ile-de-France, France, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions15.2 x 8.6 cm (6 x 3 3/8 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number4.b.1.6

eMuseum ID725725

EmbARK ObjectID21643

TMS Source ID7894

Last Updated8/9/24

Description2 vols. bound ([20], 526, [78] pages + 241, [7] pages) : paper ; 15 cm. (16°)

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.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 54.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 72.

MarksNotesMarked (cover, recto): Coat of arms of Cardinal Richelieu
Inscribed (cover, recto): "HIS FVLTA MANEBVNT" [motto of Cardinal Richelieu]

ProvenanceNotesCollection of Armand de Vignerot (1585-1642), French cardinal and duc de Richelieu.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the booksellers J. Pearson & Co., London on 18 November 1901 for £40.