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Burney, Frances
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
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Camilla: or a Picture of Youth. London: for T. Payne, T. Cadell Jun and W. Davies, 1796
5 volumes, 12mo (174 x 102 mm). The occasional proud gathering and a few closed marginal tears to a handul leaves only. Contemporary speckled calf, single rule border to sides, spines with double-ruled compartments, green morocco labels; trace of rubbing to joints, upper joint of vol. 2 tender, but a lovely set.
5 volumes, 12mo (174 x 102 mm). The occasional proud gathering and a few closed marginal tears to a handul leaves only. Contemporary speckled calf, single rule border to sides, spines with double-ruled compartments, green morocco labels; trace of rubbing to joints, upper joint of vol. 2 tender, but a lovely set.
Provenance
Jane Palmer (August 1823 owners inscription to margins of title); purchased Deighton, Bell & Co., 1973
Literature
Rothschild 550; Sterling 101
Catalogue Note
First edition of work to which Jane Austen was a subscriber. This novel was her summer reading and she began what was to become Pride and Predjudice that October.