Object details
Object number
9.a.3.7
Creator(s)
Title
Athenian Letters, Volume I
Date
1798
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Green leather binding with gilded frame decoration on front and back covers, gilded lettering and decoration on spine
Description
2 v. ports., fold. map. 29 cm.
Dimensions
29.5 x 23.5 x 4 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover): Thomas Philip Earl de Grey / Wrest Park
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left corner): ce = 2 vols
Provenance
In the collection of Thomas de Grey, Second Earl de Grey (1781-1859).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $15 on 20 July 1922.
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
Macknight Room
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