Biblia pauperum
publisher
John Russell Smith
(active London, 1810 - 1894)
contributor
J. Ph. Berjeau
(Ballon, 1809 - 1891, London)
printer
F. Pickton
(active London, 19th century)
Date1859
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions39.4 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 1 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number7.2.24
eMuseum ID717889
EmbARK ObjectID23539
TMS Source ID8483
Last Updated8/9/24
Description38 p., 40 leaves of plates, ill. (Royal Collection Trust rec. #1052997)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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (inside front cover): Leaf from original block book laid in at plate XI
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover): C.E. Norton
Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper, top right): msls / glch
Illustrated with facsimiles from a copy of Biblia Pauperum in the British Museum
Enclosed: Original leaf from a block book (ARC.009823)
inscribed in pencil (on back of block book leaf): An original leaf from a block book bought by me from the sale of the library of Mr. W.G. Medlicott of Longmeadow, Mass, / in 1878. / C.E. Norton / See Berjeau's Biblia Pauperum, London, 1859, plate XI / Woodbury's Hist. of wood engraving, New York, 1883, p.34
Enclosed: The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time by Henri Bouchot (1849-1906) (ARC.007808)
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover): C.E. Norton
Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper, top right): msls / glch
Illustrated with facsimiles from a copy of Biblia Pauperum in the British Museum
Enclosed: Original leaf from a block book (ARC.009823)
inscribed in pencil (on back of block book leaf): An original leaf from a block book bought by me from the sale of the library of Mr. W.G. Medlicott of Longmeadow, Mass, / in 1878. / C.E. Norton / See Berjeau's Biblia Pauperum, London, 1859, plate XI / Woodbury's Hist. of wood engraving, New York, 1883, p.34
Enclosed: The Book: Its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders, from Gutenberg to the Present Time by Henri Bouchot (1849-1906) (ARC.007808)
ProvenanceNotesCollection of wool merchant William Gibbons Medlicott (1816-1883) around 1861-1878.
Purchased by scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908) from the Medlicott sale in 1878.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 4 June 1904.
Purchased by scholar and critic Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908) from the Medlicott sale in 1878.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Charles Eliot Norton on 4 June 1904.
