Object details
Accession number
1.b.2.26
Primary Creator
Full title
Selected Fables: Put into Verse [Fables Choisies: Mises En Vers]
Creation Date
1693
Language
French
Publication Place
Amsterdam
Description
2 volumes in 1 ; 16°
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $3 on 30 April 1886, lot 1007.
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. 15.
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