Object details
Object number
9.c.3.16
Creator(s)
Title
The Comic History of England, Volume I
Date
1860
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Dark blue leather binding with gilded lettering on spine and gilded Stewart-Gardner crest on front board, top left
Description
2 vol.
Dimensions
22 x 15 x 3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): I.S. Gardner / from her affte. husband / April 14th 1864.
Provenance
Birthday gift from John Lowell Gardner Jr. to his wife Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 April 1864.
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
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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