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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Aeneid
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Aeneid

author (Mantua, 70 BCE - 19 BCE, Brindisi)
translator (active Civitanova Marche, 1507 - 1566, Rome)
printer (active Mantua, Venice, 1578 - 1608)
Date1586
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper; leather
Dimensions14 x 8 x 3 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.2
eMuseum ID719436
EmbARK ObjectID23490
TMS Source ID8444
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[8], 472 pages ; 24°
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. 68.
MarksNotesInscribed in ink (front flyleaf reverse, bottom): bot. in Mantua, the / birthplace of Virgil and / presented to Isabella by / her father / 6 october 1859.