Object details

Object number

m.b.1.33

Creator(s)

• J. Holroyd-Reece (Munich, 1897 - 1969) - translator
• Julius Meier-Graefe (Pesitza, Austria-Hungary, 1867 - 1935, Vevey, Switzerland) - author
• Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (active New York, 1915 - 1960) - publisher
• Edgar Degas (Paris, 1834 - 1917, Paris) - subject

Title

Degas: Rendered into English by J. Holroyd-Reece with More Than One Hundred Plates

Date

1923

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

New York

Binding Description

half-bound: white paper spine with gilded lettering; patterned magenta batik paper boards

Description

87 p., [103] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.

Dimensions

29.5 x 23 x 5 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, top left corner): Purchased/ Sept. 12, 1923
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, top right corner): $20 
Inscribed in pencil (copyright page):  475

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner on 12 September 1923 for $20.

Commentary

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Gallery

Macknight Room

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