Object details
Object number
7.1.18
Creator(s)
Title
The Iliad and the Odyssey, Volume I
Date
1711
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Cambridge
Binding Description
Dark blue leather binding with gilded lettering on spine
Description
2 v. ; 4to
Dimensions
25 x 20 x 4.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (sticker, inside front cover): To the Honorable Mrs. Damer, as a small tribute of Esteem and Gratitude, these volumes beg a place in her library. From J.Edwards
Bookplate (inside front cover): ANNA / DAMER
Inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top): ul = 2vols / with the Flaxman's plates inserted.
Provenance
Collection of English sculptor Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828).
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $25 for two volumes on 29 June 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
Long Gallery
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