Object details
Object number
m.2.15
Creator(s)
Title
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Date
1922
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
New York
Binding Description
Orange textile binding with blue lettering and decoration on front cover and spine, full-color illustration printed on front cover
Description
1 vol., x [2] 364 p., 8°
Dimensions
21 x 15 x 2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf): ISG from FML
Sticker (front flyleaf, bottom): The Old Corner Book Store, Inc / Boston, Mass.
Provenance
Gift from Mrs. Benjamin Johnson Lang (Frances Morse Burrage, 1839-1943) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 27 October 1922.
Commentary
This was a late addition to Isabella Stewart Gardner’s book collection. Acquired in 1922, when Isabella was in her eighties, this book stands as evidence of Isabella’s lifelong interest in childrens’ literature.
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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