Object details
Object number
9.b.3.4
Creator(s)
Title
Schiller's Whole Work, with Steel Engravings, Volume IV [Schiller's sämmtliche Werke, mit Stahlstichen]
Date
1835-1836
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
German
Publication Place
Stuttgart
Binding Description
Shiny blue leather binding with gilded border around front and back boards and gilded decoration and lettering on spine
Description
10 v. front. (v. 1: port.; v. 2-6, 9) plates. 21 cm.
Dimensions
21 x 13 x 3 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed in black ink (front flyleaf reverse, top): Charlotte Clark.
Signed in black ink (frontispiece reverse, top): Miss Colthman / Nov. 14th. 1837.
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $25 on 2 September 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.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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