A Choice of Books
author
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
publisher
Merrymount Press
(active Boston, 1893-1949)
contributor
Morris Carter
(Woburn, Massachusetts, 1877 - 1965, Boston)
Date1906
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumPrinted ink on paper with handwritten annotations
Dimensions24 x 16 x 1.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.a.2.12
eMuseum ID730370
EmbARK ObjectID19257
TMS Source ID6714
Last Updated8/9/24
Description70 pages ; 24 cmStatus
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner collected books and manuscripts before she acquired the works of art and furniture that fill the galleries of her museum. She was exceedingly careful in her selections and took pride in cataloguing her rare books. In 1906, she published a catalogue of her book collection; this version shows handwritten efforts to update the text for a later edition.
MarksNotesSigned in pencil (front flyleaf, top right): I.S.G.
ProvenanceNotesPrinted by Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1906.
Isabella Stewart Gardner
1888 - 1890
