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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Ring and the Book, Volume II
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Ring and the Book, Volume II

author (London, 1812 - 1889, Venice)
publisher (active London, 1839 - 1913)
Date1868
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18 x 11 x 2.8 cm (7 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.a.2.15
eMuseum ID730323
EmbARK ObjectID19260
TMS Source ID6717
Last Updated8/9/24
Description4 v. 16.9 cm.

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.
MarksNotes
Bookplate (inside front cover): two women in landscape [bookplate of Oscar Browning]
Inscribed (on bookplate, inside front cover, top): 6 Vol II.
Inscribed (on bookplate, inside front cover, top): J.7.17
Bookplate (front flyleaf, center): chair and table in library [bookplate of John Arthur Brooke, Fenay Hall]

ProvenanceNotes
Collection of British historian Oscar Browning (1837-1923)
Collection of British textile manufacturer John Arthur Brooke (1844-1920)
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from rare bookseller James F. Drake, Inc. on 23 November 1922 for $15 for four volumes.