Emma: a novel. In three volumes. By the author of "Pride and Prejudice," &c. &c. Vol. I[-III].
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3009097
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. ; 12mo. Former shelfmark: BDR.I.5. Running number: 891. Imperfect: half-titles wanting. Provenance: signed in manuscript on vol. 1 title page: "Blickling", "CH Suffield" and an illegible set of initials [i.e. Caroline Harbord, Lady Suffield (1767-1850)]; vol. 1 signed in manuscript on dedication leaf: "CHS" [i.e. Caroline Harbord, Lady Suffield (1767-1850)]. Title pages of vols. 2 and 3 signed in manuscript: "Blickling", "CH Suffield" and "CHS". Twentieth-century reference code in pencil on front fly-leaf in each vol.: "B18". Binding: nineteenth-century half-bound calf with purple mottled yellow paper over boards; spines divided into panels with single gilt fillets, the second panel with gilt title and the sixth panel with gilt vol. number; marbled edges. Spines repaired.
Makers and roles
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), author