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(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Habitable World Described, Volume II
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2023 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Habitable World Described, Volume II

author (London, 1735 - 1820, Somerset, England)
printer (active London, 18th century)
binder (active Newcastle, 1798-1822)
Date1788
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions21.5 x 14 x 3 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.c.1.17
eMuseum ID723659
EmbARK ObjectID21012
TMS Source ID7540
Last Updated8/9/24
Description4 v., 8°


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.
MarksNotesBookplate (inside front cover, center): FAMA SEMPER VIVIT / Ravensworth Castle 
Sticker (front flyleaf, top right corner): Lubbock / Book Binder / St. N. C. Y.d / New Castle


ProvenanceNotes
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $35 for 4 volumes on 17 October 1922.