Object details
Object number
9.b.1.5.a-f
Creator(s)
Title
George Cruikshank's Fairy Library
Date
1890-1899
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Royal blue leather and cardboard book box with gilded lettering and decoration on spine
Description
4 v., 12° (card catalogue)
Dimensions
20 x 15.5 x 4 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $125 on 26 August 1919.
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
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. 28, no. 34, ill.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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