Object details
Object number
10.b.1.3
Creator(s)
Title
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Volume I
Date
1884
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Boston
Binding Description
red morocco leather; gilt tooled edges; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; gilded edges; marbled end pages
Description
Vol. 1: port.; 15 cm.
Dimensions
14.6 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Poem inscribed in black ink (on front end page) in Oliver Wendell Holmes' hand
Poem inscribed in black ink (on flyleaf) in Oliver Wendell Holmes' hand
Inscribed in black ink (on title page) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner
Illustrated with a lithograph by J.A.J. Wilcox, South Boston.
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 7 September 1885.
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. 36.
Gallery
Blue Room
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