Object details
Accession number
1.a.2.1
Primary Creator
Full title
The Hundred Tales [Les cent contes droslaticques]
Creation Date
1837-1838
Language
French
Publication Place
Brussels
Description
3 v. In 1.
Provenance
Dr. David Hunt, Boston---Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the sale of the David Hunt Collection (lot 189) through the auctioneers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $2.50 on 17 November 1891.
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
Bibliography
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 1891), p. 19.
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