Object details
Accession number
9.c.3.18
Creators
Full title
The Comic History of Rome
Creation Date
1851
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
xii, 308 p. illus., 10 col. pl. (incl. front.) 22 cm.
Provenance
Birthday gift from John L. Gardner Jr. (1837–1898) to his wife Isabella Stewart Gardner on 14 April 1864.
Marks
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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