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Cecropia: Or, On the Citadel of Athens and Antiquities

author Johannes van Meurs (Loosduinen, Netherlands, 1579 - 1639, Sorø)

printer Officina Elzeviriana (active Leiden, 1593 - 1712)

printer Govert Basson (active Leiden, 1612 - 1630)

Date1622

Place MadeNetherlands, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions19 x 15 x 3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number7.1.15

eMuseum ID719266

EmbARK ObjectID23496

TMS Source ID8450

Last Updated8/9/24

Description2 v. in 1 ; 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.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 48.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse): Meursii Cecropia: Lugd. Bad. 1622 / Meursii Areogapus: Lugd. Bad. 1624...
Inscribed in pencil (title page, top right): Read June 16, 1769 / Harley Thus.
Inscribed in black ink (title page reverse): "I shall here say. once for all, I am more in- / debted to Meurinus than to any other Writer...

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co. Boston for $0.50 on 29 April 1886, lot 616.