Neptune's Isle and Other Plays for Children

author John Jay Chapman (New York, 1862 - 1933, Poughkeepsie, New York)

publisher Moffat, Yard and Company (active New York, early 20th century)

printer Plimpton Press (active Boston and Norwood, Massachusetts, 1882-1963)

Date1911

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions8 1/2 x 5 5/16 in., 1.9 cm (21.6 x 13.5 cm, 3/4 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number10.c.1.14

eMuseum ID726625

EmbARK ObjectID19213

TMS Source ID6671

Last Updated8/9/24

Descriptionv, 196 p. 19 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001692448)

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella 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.

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, 1988), p. 44.

MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on half title): Mrs Gardner / from John Jay Chapman / Jan. 30 1912.
Enclosed: Letter to Isabella Stewart Gardner from John Jay Chapman, 30 January 1912. (ARC.000766)

ProvenanceNotesGift from author John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 30 January 1912.