Forty Years of Diplomacy
author
Roman Romanovich Rosen
(Russian, 1847 - 1921)
publisher
George Allen & Unwin
(active London, 1911 - 1990)
printer
Unwin Brothers
(active London and Woking, 1826 - 1976)
publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
(active New York, 1915 - 1960)
Date1922
MediumPrinted ink on paper
Dimensions22.9 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm (9 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberv.4.1.6
eMuseum ID723245
EmbARK ObjectID26055
TMS Source ID9951
Last Updated8/9/24
Description2 v., 23 cm. (HathiTrust rec. #001605982)Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryRussian diplomat Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen and his wife Elizabeth were friends of Isabella's. The Bolshevik Revolution forced the Rosens to flee Russia in 1917. Never one to sit idly by, Isabella raised funds to help them build a new life in a new country. They eventually settled in New York. The Baron wrote a series of articles documenting his career in foreign diplomacy for "The Saturday Evening Post." This series was published in 1922 as a two-volume book titled "Forty Years of Diplomacy," which Isabella purchased for her library that same year.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "From Russia with Love: A Gift of Easter Eggs," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 30 March 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/russia-love-gift-easter-eggs
MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (on front end paper) in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand: I.S. Gardner / Nov. 9, 1922
Printed on a self-adhesive paper label (on front end paper, lower left): The Old Corner Book / Store, Inc. / Boston, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil (on half-title, lower left): 550
Printed on a self-adhesive paper label (on front end paper, lower left): The Old Corner Book / Store, Inc. / Boston, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil (on half-title, lower left): 550
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Old Corner Bookstore, Boston on 9 December 1922.
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