Object details

Object number

8.a.2.45

Creator(s)

• Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1771 - 1832, Roxburgh, Scotland) - primary
• James Ballantyne And Co. (active Edinburgh and London, ) - publisher
• Archibald Constable & Co. (active Edinburgh, 1795 - ) - publisher
• Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown (active London, 1811 - 1824) - publisher

Title

The Antiquary

Date

1816

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

Edinburgh

Description

3 v. fronts., plates. 19 cm.

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed: With MS notes from Beckford .

Provenance

Collection of the Beckford Library, Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal .
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for this set and four volumes of Tales of My Landlord, accession numbers 8.a.2.40-43) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.


Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for these and "Tales of my Landlord", Edinburgh, 1816, 4v) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.

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

Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 61.

Gallery

Long Gallery

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