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Fables
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Fables

author (Sauve, France, 1755 - 1794, Sceaux, France)
Date1819
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.b.1.7
eMuseum ID724363
EmbARK ObjectID20993
TMS Source ID7531
Last Updated8/9/24
Description[4] + 224 + [4] p., 24°


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. 20, no. 16.
MarksNotesInscribed: Belonged to my Grandmother, Isabella Stewart. - ISG.
ProvenanceNotesCollection of Isabella Stewart Gardner's grandmother, Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848). Presumably bequeathed by Isabella Tod Stewart to Isabella Stewart Gardner.
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Jean de La Fontaine
1796
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Jean de La Fontaine
1796