Object details
Accession number
1.b.1.7
Primary Creator
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
(Sauve, France, 1755 - 1794, Sceaux, France)
Full title
Fables
Creation Date
1819
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Description
[4] + 224 + [4] p., 24°
Provenance
Collection of Isabella Stewart Gardner's grandmother, Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848). Presumably bequeathed by Isabella Tod Stewart to Isabella Stewart Gardner.
Marks
Inscribed: Belonged to my Grandmother, Isabella Stewart. - ISG.
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Long Gallery
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. 20, no. 16.
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