Object details
Accession number
9.c.3.16
Creators
Full title
The Comic History of England, Volume I
Creation Date
1860
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.
Provenance
Birthday gift from John Lowell Gardner Jr. to his wife Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 April 1864.
Marks
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, top right): I.S. Gardner / from her affte. husband / April 14th 1864.
Dimensions
22 x 15 x 3 cm (8 11/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Display Media
Printed 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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 1.
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