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La prison d'amours, laquelle traicte de lamour de Leriano & Laureole / faict en Espaignol: puis translate en tusquan: et nagueres en lange Francois.; Ensemble plusieurs choses singulieres a la louege des dames Imprime nouuellement.
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
Jean Grolier (1489/90–1565) was treasurer-general of France and a renowned bibliophile. He was known for his love of fine bindings and had all the books in his library bound in the same style to match each other. This copy of The Prison of Love, a Spanish romance translated into Tuscan and then French, was rebound by Léon Gruel in the "Grolier style" and offered for sale at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where Henry Walters purchased it.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Purchased by Henry Walters (at the World Columbian Exposition), Chicago, 1893; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/16 × W: 5 1/8 × D: 7/16 in. (17.94 × 13.02 × 1.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1893
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.324