Object details
Accession number
10.b.1.44
Creators
Full title
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Creation Date
1849
Language
English
Publication Place
Philadelphia
Binding Description
brown cloth; gilt stamped human figure; stamped vine decoration; gilt stamped lettering and vine decoration on spine
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
15.9 x 10.2 x 2.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 x 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner was a voracious reader, and books were the first objects that she collected. About 120 of the 2700 books she acquired for her museum can be considered children's books.
In a poll taken in 1888, this desert-island romance (1719) was rated the favorite book of boys.
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, 1998), p. 12, no. 3.
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