The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
publisher
Grigg, Elliot and Co.
(active Philadelphia, 1792-1849)
author
Daniel Defoe
(London, 1660 - 1731, London)
printer
L. Johnson and Co.
(active Philadelphia, 1820-1892)
Date1849
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15.9 x 10.2 x 2.4 cm (6 1/4 x 4 x 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.b.1.44
eMuseum ID721852
EmbARK ObjectID18222
TMS Source ID6257
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner was a voracious reader, and books were the first objects that she collected. About 120 of the 2700 books she acquired for her museum can be considered children's books.
In a poll taken in 1888, this desert-island romance (1719) was rated the favorite book of boys.
In a poll taken in 1888, this desert-island romance (1719) was rated the favorite book of boys.
BibliographyNotesSusan 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, 1998), p. 12, no. 3.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
