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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Plutarch's Lives, Volume I
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I

publisher (English, 1656 - 1736)
author (Greek, about 50 - after 120)
Date1693
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18.5 x 12.5 x 4.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.d.2.1
eMuseum ID717983
EmbARK ObjectID20525
TMS Source ID7147
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[24], 81, [1], 652, [2] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., table, ports.

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.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf reverse, top): me = 5vols / Beautiful old binding / about 1750 / with the plates -
Signed in brown ink (title page, center):  Robert Dashwood
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $35 for five volumes on 9 June 1922.