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Latin Emblems

author Jean Jacques Boissard (Besançon , 1528 - 1602, Metz)

engraver Alexandre Vallée (Bar-le-Duc, 1588 - about 1618)

engraver Adam Fuchs (active Nuremberg, 1542 - 1580)

translator Pierre Joly (French, 1533 - 1622)

printer Abraham von Metz Faber (active Frankfurt and Metz, 1595 - 1600)

Date1588

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper; leather and vellum

Dimensions18.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm (7 5/16 x 5 11/16 x 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number7.1.7

eMuseum ID718836

EmbARK ObjectID23673

TMS Source ID8593

Last Updated8/9/24

Description2 v. in 1

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. 11.

ProvenanceNotesCollection of Isabella's Stewart Gardner's uncle, Charles Stewart (1808-1849).
Inherited by Isabella Stewart Gardner at an unknown date.