Object details

Object number

9.b.1.25

Creator(s)

• William Butler Yeats (Dublin, Ireland, 1865 - 1939, Roquebrune, France) - author
• Finn MacCumhaill (active 3rd century -) - author
• Elinor Darwin (Limerick, Ireland, 1879 - 1954) - illustrator
• Lady Gregory (Roxborough, Ireland, 1852 - 1932, Coole, Ireland) - translator
• John Murray (founded London, 1768) - publisher

Title

Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of Tuatha de Danann and of the Fianna of Ireland

Date

1910

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

London

Binding Description

Half-bound: Brown textile spine with printed white title sticker. Gray paper boards.

Description

xxviii, 476 p. ; 21 cm.

Dimensions

21 x 13.5 x 5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Signed in black ink (front flyleaf, top): I.S. Gardner / Green Hill 1911 -

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Old Corner Book Store, Boston for $2 on 26 September 1911.

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

Mackenzie Ensley, “Lady Augusta Gregory: One of Isabella's Pen Pals,” Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 6 September 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/lady-augusta-gregory-one-isabellas-pen-pals

Gallery

Macknight Room

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