Boston MA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (US)
: 2.c.1.8
ISTC No.id00029000
AuthorDante Alighieri
TitleLa Commedia (Comm: Christophorus Landinus). Add: Marsilius Ficinus: Ad Dantem gratulatio [Latin & Italian]
ImprintFlorence : Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 Aug. 1481
Formatf°
Languageita
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry; commentary; collection
Periodmedieval
Description of Copy
Copy Id02013814
Holding InstitutionBoston MA, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (US)
Shelfmark2.c.1.8
NoteRecord created by John Lancaster.
Size of leaves411 × 275 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Made up copy
Variant
No rubrication
Copy Features - NoteThe copy was originally complete, as the variant having only 3 engravings; however, it was then enhanced by the addition of 17 additional engravings, which had been printed separately and were added to some copies originally; these were supplied to this copy in the 19th century. See the various stages of provenance for details.
Support material (book)Paper
SourceAnne-Marie Eze, entry 247 in Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections (Boston, 2016).
Provenance
1481 -
1500
Areae-it
Time period1481 - 1500
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Manuscript notesAnnotated in Italian throughout the Inferno and Purgatorio (and including Petrarch’s note on Laura) written in a late fifteenth-century humanistic hand.
Ms. notes (frequency)Extensive
Location in BookParts only
SupplementsYes
Extraction of keywordsYes
CommentsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1781 -
1815
Areae-uk-en
Time period1781 - 1815
Provenance TypeInscription
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteAcquired by the 3rd Duke of Grafton in 1781; his inscription on π2r: "D. of Grafton 1781". Inherited by his son, the 4th duke; lot 612 in the 1815 catalogue of the sale of his library (Evans, London), where it is described as having three engravings: "con tre figure in rame".
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Auction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1815 -
1825
Areae-uk-en
Time period1815 - 1825
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteAn annotated copy of the Grafton sale catalogue (Houghton Library, Harvard) records the purchaser as "Dulau" for £5.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price5 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceAuction / Sales Catalogue
Provenance
1825 -
1866
Areae-uk-en
Time period1825 - 1866
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteAcquired by Quaritch after Knight-Bruce's death (documented in Crawford Library Papers; cited in Eze - see copy informataion above).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceUnknown / other
Provenance
1867 -
1867
Areae-uk-en
Time period1867 - 1867
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NotePurchased by Quaritch at the Knight-Bruce sale, August 1867. In consultation with the Earl of Crawford, he had the volume rebound by Bedford, adding 17 separately-printed engravings, which were removed from another copy of the edition, already in the earl's possession. The other copy was disposed of by the Königliche Hof- und Staatsbibliothek, Munich, in a sale held by Fidelis Butsch in Augsburg, May 1858 (lot 691, purchased by Crawford through Giovanni Gancia for 235 florins). Documentation in the Crawford Library Papers, National Library of Scotland, cited in Eze (see copy information above).
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteGilt-stamped brown goatskin; all edges gilt; Bedford's stamps on front free endleaf 1v and on lower front turn-in.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions425 × 305 × mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesGilt
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Unknown / other
Provenance
1867 -
1887
PlaceDunecht (Geonames ID: 2650735)
Areae-uk-st
Time period1867 - 1887
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteLot 768 in the catalogue of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana sale (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 June 1887); purchased by Quaritch for Mrs. Gardner. The volume was acquired by Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford, from Bernard Quaritch; see the previous provenance section for details of the alteration of the volume prior to his purchase.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceHist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Unknown / other
Provenance
1887 -
1903
Arean-us-ma
Time period1887 - 1903
Provenance TypeExlibris
Bibliographic Evidence
NoteGardner's bookplate on front pastedown. Purchased by her (on the advice of Charles Eliot Norton), through Bernard Quaritch, at the Crawford sale, 16 June 1887, lot 768, for £420.
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Price420 pounds sterling
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Hist. Library Catalogue / Accession Journal
Provenance
1903 -
Arean-us-ma
Time period1903 -
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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