Object details
Object number
9.c.4.1
Creator(s)
Title
The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq.; Volume the First
Date
1761
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Birmingham
Binding Description
Light brown leather binding with gilded lettering on spine
Description
Vol. 1. Front. (port.) plates. 30 x 25 cm.
Dimensions
31 x 25 x 5.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, center): 170
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Vires et Fides / Jacobvs Cowan de Rosshall Armiceri
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat and Company, Boston, for $35 for four volumes on 26 September 1921.
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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