Six Comedies by Terence
author
Terence
(Carthage, 185 BCE - 159 BCE, Greece)
engraver
Cornelis Claeszoon Duysend
(active Amsterdam, 1630 - 1640)
editor
Daniel Heinsius
(active Ghent, 1580 - 1655)
printer
Officina Elzeviriana
(active Leiden, 1593 - 1712)
Date1635
Place MadeNetherlands, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions13.5 x 8 x 2 cm (5 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.1.29
eMuseum ID718795
EmbARK ObjectID23509
TMS Source ID8462
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[48], 304, [8] pages ; 24°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. 66.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, top): Bookplate of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Dieu Defendre le Droit / From the / Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. / Purchased, March, 1883, / By BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 Piccadilly, London
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Dieu Defendre le Droit / From the / Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. / Purchased, March, 1883, / By BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 Piccadilly, London
ProvenanceNotesIn the collection of the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England.
Purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) in March 1883.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £2 10s on 10 March 1887.
Purchased by the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899) in March 1883.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London for £2 10s on 10 March 1887.
