The Antiquary
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Walter Scott
(Edinburgh, 1771 - 1832, Roxburgh, Scotland)
publisher
James Ballantyne and Co.
(active Edinburgh and London, )
publisher
Archibald Constable & Co.
(founded Edinburgh, 1795 )
publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
(English, 1811 - 1824)
Date1816
Place MadeScotland, Europe
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number8.a.2.44
eMuseum ID729653
EmbARK ObjectID22301
TMS Source ID8029
Last Updated8/9/24
Description3 v. fronts., plates.; 19 cm.Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 61.
MarksNotesInscribed: With MS notes from Beckford .
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the Beckford Library, Hamilton Palace, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for this set and four volumes of Tales of My Landlord, accession numbers 8.a.2.40-43) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for these and "Tales of my Landlord", Edinburgh, 1816, 4v) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.
Collection of author and collector Gerald E. Hart (1849-1936), Montreal.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for this set and four volumes of Tales of My Landlord, accession numbers 8.a.2.40-43) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the Hart sale from the auctioneers and appraisers Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, for $8.75 (for these and "Tales of my Landlord", Edinburgh, 1816, 4v) on 18 April 1890, lot 2186.
