Object details
Object number
8.a.2.25
Creator(s)
Title
Poems on Various Subjects
Date
1796
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Very dark brown crshed levant morocco extra; simple inside border; gilt top
Description
1 vol., (xvi, 188 + [1] pages) : paper ; ill. ; 17 cm. (16°)
Dimensions
17.1 x 11.1 x 2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Collection of the book collector Dr. David Hunt, Boston.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hunt sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $16 on 17 November 1891.
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
Charles F. Libbie & Co. Catalogue of the Entire Private Library Belonging to a Well Known Boston Collector, Forming a Magnificent Collection of Rarities in All Departments of Literature (Boston, 17-21 November 1891), p. 65, lot 691.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 18.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court. (Boston, 1922), p. 89.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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