Object details
Accession number
9.c.4.1
Creators
Full title
The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq.; Volume the First
Creation Date
1761
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.
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.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, center): 170Bookplate (inside front cover, center): Vires et Fides / Jacobvs Cowan de Rosshall Armiceri
Dimensions
31 x 25 x 5.5 cm (12 3/16 x 9 13/16 x 2 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
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