Jane Austen | “Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen")

Jane Austen

“Lines on Maria Beckford,” autograph manuscript poem signed in full (“Jane Austen”), ca. 1811

1 page, 16mo (125 x 103 mm). Written recto in sepia ink in the hand of Jane Austen and signed in full (“Jane Austen”), comprising four stanzas of four lines each, and written verso in sepia ink in the hand of Cassandra Austen and signed (“C. Austen”); some staining to verso, Cassandra’s text trimmed.