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

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II

author (Greek, about 50 - after 120)
publisher (English, 1656 - 1736)
Date1688
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions18.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm (7 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number9.d.2.2
eMuseum ID726102
EmbARK ObjectID21140
TMS Source ID7621
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.
MarksNotesSigned in brown ink (title page, center):  Robert Dashwood
ProvenanceNotes
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $35 for five volumes on 9 June 1922.