Object details
Object number
m.2.24
Creator(s)
Title
Ireland's Fairy Lore
Date
1919
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
Red-brown textile binding with gilded lettering on front cover and spine
Description
1 vol., xv [1] 219 p., 12°
Dimensions
19.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm (7 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf, top): ISG/ from/ E. Loeffler, Xmas/ 1920
Provenance
Gift from Mrs. Charles Martin Loeffler (Elise Burnett Fay, 1853-1936) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December 1920.
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
Susan Sinclair and Philip B. Eppard. Catalogue of Children’s Books from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection and the Personal Libraries of John Lowell and Isabella Stewart Gardner (Boston, 1988), p. 47.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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