Object details
Object number
9.c.1.18
Creator(s)
Title
The Habitable World Described, or The Present State of the People in All Parts of the Globe, from North to South; Shewing The Situation, Extent, Climate, Productions, Animals, &c. of the Different Kingdoms and States; Including All the New Discoveries; Together With the Genius, Manners, Customs, Trade, Religion, Forms of Government, &c. of the Inhabitants, and Every Thing Respecting Them, That Can Be Either Entertaining or Informing to the Reader, Collected from the Earliest and Latest Accounts of Historians and Travellers of All Nations; With Some that Have Never Been Published in this Kingdom; and, Nothing Advanced But on The Best Authorities, with a Great Variety of Maps and Copper-Plates, Engraved in a Capital Stile, the Subjects of which are Mostly New, and Such as Have Never Yet Been Given in Any English Work, Volume III
Date
1788
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
London
Binding Description
Green leather binding with gilded decoration on front and back covers, gilded lettering on spine
Description
4 v., 8°
Dimensions
21.5 x 14 x 3 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Bookplate (inside front cover, center): FAMA SEMPER VIVIT / Ravensworth Castle
Sticker (front flyleaf, top right corner): Lubbock / Book Binder / St. N. C. Y.d / New Castle
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $35 for 4 volumes on 17 October 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
Macknight Room
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