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The Works of Shakespear, Volume I

author William Shakespeare (Stratford-upon-Avon, 1564 - 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon)

author Alexander Pope (London, 1688 - 1744, Twickenham)

engraver Hubert François Gravelot (Paris, 1699 - 1773, Paris)

illustrator Francis Hayman (London, 1708 - 1776, London)

editor Nicholas Rowe (Little Barford, 1674 - 1718, London)

editor Thomas Hanmer (Hanmer, 1677 - 1744, Mildenhall)

Date1744

Place MadeEngland, Europe

MediumPrinted ink on paper

Dimensions30.5 x 24 x 5 cm (12 x 9 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsBooks

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number7.2.1

eMuseum ID718457

EmbARK ObjectID23516

TMS Source ID8469

Last Updated8/9/24

Description6 v. ; ill., port. ; 31 cm (fol)

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.

BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 62.

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the book seller and auctioneer C. F. Libbie & Co., Boston for $1.60 for six volumes on 30 April 1886.