Object details
Object number
9.a.2.1
Creator(s)
Title
The Capital of the Tycoon: A Narrative of a Three Years' Residence in Japan, Volume I
Date
1863
Medium
Printed ink on paper, with chromolithography
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Three-quarters binding: Light brown leather spine and corners, blue, red, and yellow marbled paper boards.
Description
2 v. : col. fronts., ill. (some col.), col. plates, folded col. maps ; 22 cm.
Dimensions
22 x 14 x 3.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, reverse): 1359/2
Inscribed in pencil ( front flyleaf, reverse): The best works on Japan. After British / Minister / 150 Illustrations from nature / Drawings etc
Signed in black ink (page after front flyleaf, top right): M.J. Morgan
Inscribed in pencil (page after front flyleaf, center): Mrs. Mary J. Morgan / Library sold 1886
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Mary Jane Sexton Morgan sale at the American Art Galleries, New York on 11 March 1886, lot 1359.
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.
Bibliography
Thomas Ellis Kirby. Catalogue of the art collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan to be sold by auction ... : by order of the administrator, William Moir ... March 3d, 4th and 5th ... at Chickering Hall ... continuing ... March 8th, and following days at the American Art Galleries ... (New York, 1886), p. 199.---Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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