Object details

Object number

10.c.1.15

Creator(s)

• Charles Warren Stoddard (Rochester, New York, 1843 - 1909, Monterey, California) - author
• Charles Scribner's Sons (active New York, 1878 - 1984) - publisher
• Trow's Printing And Book Binding Company (established New York, 1886) - printer

Title

South-Sea Idyls

Date

1892

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

green cloth; stamped gilded decoration

Description

vi, 339 p. 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #008641967)

Dimensions

18.4 x 12.7 x 3.2 cm (7 1/4 x 5 x 1 1/4 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): To "Mrs Jack" / with the love of / her devoted friend / Charles Warren Stoddard
Printed on a self-adhesive paper label (on paste down back end paper): Brentano's / booksellers / Importers & stationers / Publishers & news dealers / Pennsylvania Ave Washington

Provenance

Gift from author Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1892.

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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