Object details
Object number
10.a.1.12
Creator(s)
Charles Leonard Moore
(1854 - 1925)
Title
A Book of Day-Dreams
Date
1888
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Philadelphia
Binding Description
green cloth; gilt lettering; printed floral end pages
Description
1 p. l., [100] p. 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #009573026)
Dimensions
18.4 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): Please do return / To Weir Mitchell
Inscribed in pencil (on flyleaf): I.S. Gardner / from / Weir Mitchell
Inscribed in black ink (on poem I): The changes
Inscribed in pencil (on poem IV): ?
Inscribed in black ink (on poem XLV): oh June
Inscribed in black ink (on poem XCIII): If the Demon be thought why
Provenance
Gift from physician Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1888.
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
Blue Room
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