Object details
Accession number
m.2.15
Creators
Full title
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Creation Date
1922
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°
Provenance
Gift from Mrs. Benjamin Johnson Lang (Frances Morse Burrage, 1839-1943) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 27 October 1922.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf): ISG from FMLSticker (front flyleaf, bottom): The Old Corner Book Store, Inc / Boston, Mass.
Dimensions
21 x 15 x 2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Display Media
Printed ink on paper
Web 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Macknight Room
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.
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