A memoir of Jane Austen.
James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798-1874)
Category
Books
Date
1872
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3079001
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [3], 364 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 19cm. Provenance: Inscribed on verso upper flyleaf: "Isabel Crewe" [prob. Isabel Jane Crewe (1830-1909), daughter of Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt, and Jane Whittaker]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf, double gilt fillet forming a border, sewn on three cords (five false raised bands), blind tooled on inside boards and gilt edges. Gilt tooled on spine, brown and green spine labels, lettered in gilt "Austen's novels" and "Memoir. Lady Susan." Marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
James Edward Austen-Leigh (1798-1874) Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)