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

The Ring and the Book, Volume IV

author (London, 1812 - 1889, Venice)
publisher (active London, 1839 - 1913)
Date1869
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.2.17
eMuseum ID730321
EmbARK ObjectID19262
TMS Source ID6719
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.
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.