Object details
Object number
9.c.3.19
Creator(s)
Jacques Charles Bar
(France, 1740 - 1811)
Title
Monastic and Religious Habits [Mascarades monastiques et religieuses de toutes les nations du globe]
Date
1793
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Marbled brown leather binding with red decoration on spine and gilded tooled decoration and lettering on spine
Description
8º. xxiv, 254 p., 26 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Dimensions
20.5 x 13 x 2 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Heraldic crest, Mexborough.
Enclosed: Bibliographical Note on Giacomo Carlo Rabelli. (ARC.007839)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat and Company, Boston, for $27 on 18 November 1920.
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.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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