The Decameron, Volume I
printer
Daniel Elzevir
(active Leiden, Paris, Amsterdam, 1652 - 1681)
author
Giovanni Boccaccio
(Certaldo, 1313 - 1375, Certaldo)
Date1679
Place MadeNetherlands, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper; leather
Dimensions15 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.5
eMuseum ID719397
EmbARK ObjectID23493
TMS Source ID8447
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v. ; 16°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.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1906.
