Object details
Accession number
8.b.2.16
Creators
Full title
Six Dramas
Creation Date
1853
Language
Spanish
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Full crushed levant morocco (bound by Zaehnsdorf, about 1842)
Description
1 vol., [viii, 273, [2] p.] ; paper ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Collection of the English poet and writer Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the British bookseller and publisher Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London on 5 September 1887 for £10.
Marks
Inscribed: Edward FitzGerald's MS. corrections
Dimensions
17.46 x 11.11 cm (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Printed 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
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 103.
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