Chosön: A Sketch of Korea
author
Percival Lowell
(Boston, 1855 - 1916, Flagstaff, Arizona)
publisher
William D. Ticknor
(active Boston, 1885 - 1889)
printer
University Press, John Wilson and Son
(active Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1879 - 1894)
Date1886
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions26 x 20.3 x 4.4 cm (10 1/4 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number10.c.2.13
eMuseum ID725716
EmbARK ObjectID19238
TMS Source ID6696
Last Updated8/9/24
Descriptionx, 412 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #008586226)Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
MarksNotesInscribed in black ink (on piece of paper folded and pasted on front end paper): My dear Mrs Gardner, / Travel with / me in thought some- / time. Will you? / I would offer you / some of its records - / Is it not an Eastern / road that leads to your / Beverly bower - / Percival Lowell. / Wednesday
Illustrated with photographs by the author
Illustrated with photographs by the author
ProvenanceNotesGift from author Percival Lowell (1855-1916) to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 1886.
