Object details
Object number
v.4.1.5
Creator(s)
Title
Forty Years of Diplomacy : Volume I
Date
1922
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
blue cloth; blue dyed top edge
Description
2 v., 23 cm. [HathiTrust rec. #001605982)
Dimensions
22.9 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm (9 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (on front end paper) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / Nov. 9, 1922
Printed on a self-adhesive paper label (on front end paper, lower left): The Old Corner Book / Store, Inc. / Boston, Mass.
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Old Corner Bookstore, Boston on 9 December 1922.
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
Kathleen King, "From Russia with Love: A Gift of Easter Eggs," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 30 March 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/russia-love-gift-easter-eggs
Gallery
Vatichino
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