Object details
Object number
9.b.2.1
Creator(s)
Title
The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Accurately Revised in Six Volumes, Adorned with Copper-Plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Volume I
Date
1755
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Leather binding: Green boards and red-brown spine. Gilded heraldic crest of the Earl of Bute on front cover. Gilded lettering on spine.
Description
12 v., plates : engr.music,maps ; 8°
Dimensions
27.5 x 22 x 4.5 cm (10 13/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Embossed (front cover, center): Coat of arms of John Stuart (1713-1792), third Earl of Bute and prime minister.
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top left): le = 12 vols.
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top center): from "old" copper
Enclosed: Written Bibliographic Description and Newspaper Clipping Book Review. (ARC.007833)
Provenance
In the collection of John Stuart (1713-1792), third Earl of Bute and prime minister.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston, for $75 for 12 volumes on 6 August 1918.
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.
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court. (Boston, 1922), p. 62.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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