Object details
Accession number
10.b.1.32
Creators
Full title
An Adaptation for Children of The Remarkable History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Creation Date
1806
Language
English
Publication Place
Hartford
Binding Description
green paper
Description
31, [1] p. : ill. ; 11 cm.
Provenance
Collection of Gerald Ephraim Hart (1849-1936), Montreal, by 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from auctioneers Charles F. Libbie and Co., Boston, for $14 on 16 April 1890, lot 588. (with six other chapbooks, 10.b.1.27-33)
Marks
Inscribed in ink (on title page, bottom): Sanford Stanley's/Book, A Present from his/ Mother B [?] Stanley Inscribed in ink (on page 31, bottom): Sanford/Stanley
Dimensions
9.7 x 6.4 x 0.2 cm (3 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 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
Blue Room
Bibliography
Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 44.
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