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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Livy's Existing History
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Livy's Existing History

author (Patavium, 59 BCE - 17 CE, Patavium)
printer (active Leiden, Paris, Amsterdam, 1652 - 1681)
editor (Hamburg, 1611 - 1671, Leiden)
binder (active Paris, 1772 - 1843)
Date1678
Place MadeAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 8.6 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.25
eMuseum ID731036
EmbARK ObjectID23288
TMS Source ID8380
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., (788 p.) : paper ; 16 cm (12°)
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.
BibliographyNotesCharles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 17-21 November 1891), p. 100, lot 1080.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 43.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 92.
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): 150 millim. / 472 / 1080 / Very rare / Remarkably / large copy
Enclosed: Isabella Stewart Gardner's Bookplate: Ex-Libris Isabella (ARC.010586)
Enclosed: Bibliographic Clipping: Livy's Existing History (ARC.010587)
Enclosed: Catalog Card: Titi Livii Historiarum Quod Extant (ARC.010588)
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of the American book collector Dr. David Hunt.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale, from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $16 on 18 November 1891.