Object details
Object number
10.b.2.1
Creator(s)
Title
Letters from Goethe to Lavater from the Years 1774 to 1783 [Briefe von Goethe an Lavater, Aus den Jahren 1774 bis 1783]
Date
1833
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
German
Publication Place
Leipzig
Binding Description
quarter-bound in black leather; black and pink marbled paper
Description
174 p. facsims. 17 cm.
Dimensions
17.1 x 11.4 x 1.6 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, top center): ltb / 7.50 c
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover, center): J.R. Lowell / Dresden, 1855.
Inscribed in black ink (front flyleaf, center) [?]
Inscribed in pencil: Wuland's Oberon 89-165 / Bodmet 89 - / Talent and Genie 95- / Cagliostro 120-131- / Leping's death 121 - / No great man without great heart. 123 - / Goethe 137-144-147 -150-152-165
Provenance
In the collection of the American poet James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, for $7.50 on 7 February 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
Blue Room
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