Object details
Object number
8.a.2.21
Creator(s)
Title
Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems
Date
1866
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Brown textile binding with beige sticker with red lettering on spine
Description
xii, 108 p. ; 18 cm.
Dimensions
18 x 11.5 x 1.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, top left): 457/cff
Inscribed in pencil (inside front cover, center right): 107
Inscribed in black ink (inside front cover, center): Isabella S. Gardner / from / Theodore F. Dwight. / October 1891 / Brookline -
Provenance
Gift from the American librarian and autograph collector Theodore F. Dwight (1846-1917) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in October 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
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. 43.
Gallery
Long Gallery
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