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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

author (Maidenhead, England, 1886 - 1947, Topanga, California)
publisher (established New York, 1890)
illustrator (Maidenhead, England, 1886 - 1947, Topanga, California)
Date1922
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions21 x 15 x 2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberm.2.15
eMuseum ID716769
Previous Numberm.2
EmbARK ObjectID25420
TMS Source ID9318
Last Updated8/9/24
Description1 vol., x [2] 364 p., 8°
Status
Not on view
Web Commentary
This was a late addition to Isabella Stewart Gardner’s book collection. Acquired in 1922, when Isabella was in her eighties, this book stands as evidence of Isabella’s lifelong interest in childrens’ literature. 


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. 47.
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (front flyleaf):  ISG from FML
Sticker (front flyleaf, bottom): The Old Corner Book Store, Inc / Boston, Mass. 
ProvenanceNotesGift from Mrs. Benjamin Johnson Lang (Frances Morse Burrage, 1839-1943) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 27 October 1922.