Jane Austen autograph manuscript: 'Volume the First'
MSS. Don. e. 7, e. 7*/1-4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jane Austen autograph manuscript: 'Volume the First'
Shelfmark
MSS. Don. e. 7, e. 7*/1-4
Summary
'Volume the First', holograph fair copies, completed 3 Jun 1793, of early works by Jane Austen, with a few corrections.
A pencil note inside the front cover reads 'For my brother Charles', and an explanatory note by C.E.A. [Casandra Austen] is pasted below it.
Date
Completed 3 Jun 1793
Language
English
Physical extent
2 boxes
Custodial history
Bequeathed in 1817 to the author's sister Cassandra Austen (1773-1845); on her death passed to their youngest brother, Charles (1779-1852), and then by descent to his eldest daughter, Cassandra Esten (1808-1897), and to Cassandra Esten's nieces, the daughters of Charles's son Charles John Austen.
Acquisition
Bought from H. Deacon through R.W. Chapman and given by the Friends of the Bodleian, 1933.
Subject
English literature
18th century
Austen -- Jane -- 1775-1817
