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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Fables of La Fontaine, Volume I
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Fables of La Fontaine, Volume I

engraver (Versailles, 1761 - 1809, Paris)
author (Champagne region, France, 1621 - 1695)
engraver (French, 1759 - 1807)
publisher (active Paris, 1792-1819)
printer (active Paris, 1795-1840)
Date1796
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions15 x 9.5 x 2 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.2.7
eMuseum ID720089
EmbARK ObjectID20483
TMS Source ID7107
Last Updated8/9/24
Description6 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 16 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.
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. 46.
ProvenanceNotes
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston (active 1872-1922) for $45 for 6 volumes on 20 July 1922.