The Novels of Jane Austen.
The Winchester edition of the Novels of Jane Austen; elaborately bound by Zaehnsdorf
The Novels of Jane Austen.
AUSTEN, Jane.
Item Number: 121581
John Grant: Edinburgh, 1911-1912.
The Winchester edition of Jane Austen’s collected novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf over marbled boards with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spines in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt topstain, woodcut vignettes to each title page, ribbons bound in. In near fine condition. A lovely set.
"Generations of readers have marveled at the modernity of [Jane Austen's] work. She is the mother of the English 19th-century novel as Scott is the father of it" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 23).
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