Object details
Object number
9.c.2.7
Creator(s)
Title
Fables of La Fontaine, with Illustrations, Volume I [Fables de La Fontaine, Avec Figures, Tome Premier]
Date
1796
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
French
Publication Place
Paris
Binding Description
Light green leather binding with gilded lettering on spine
Description
6 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 cm.
Dimensions
15 x 9.5 x 2 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston (active 1872-1922) for $45 for 6 volumes on 20 July 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.
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. 46.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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