Object details
Object number
8.a.2.22
Creator(s)
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Charles Lamb
(London, 1755 - 1834, Edmonton, Middlesex)
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author
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Andrew Lang
(Selkirk, Scottish Borders, 1844 - 1912, Banchory)
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author
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Field & Tuer
(active London, 1862 - 1892)
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publisher
Title
Beauty and the Beast
Date
about 1877
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Black paper binding with gilded lettering on front cover and spine
Description
[2], xxiv, 42 pages, 12°
Dimensions
18.5 x 15 x 1.5 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection after 1877.
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. 33.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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