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Add MS 59874
- Record Id:
- 032-001998344
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998344
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00026a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165356757.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59874
- Title:
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JANE AUSTEN: ''Volume the Second'', comprising later autograph copies of early compositions dating from circa 1790-1793. Imperfect, lacking twelve leaves. Included are two brief epistolary novels ''Love and Friendship'' and ''Lesley Castle'', and a parodic ''History of England'', the latter illustrated with coloured vignettes by Jane Austen''s sister Cassandra. Other contents include ''A Collection of Letters'' dedicated to a childhood friend Miss Cooper and ''Scraps'' dedicated to a niece Fanny Austen (b.1793). See Volume the Second, ed. B. C. Southam (Oxford, 1963) and B. C. Southam, Jane Austen''s Literary Manuscripts (Oxford, 1964), chs. 1-2. ''Volume the Third'' is now Add. 65381 and ''Volume the First'' Bodleian Library, MS. Don. e.7. Passed after Jane Austen''s death to her sister Cassandra and after her death to their brother Francis. From Francis Austen the volume descended to his granddaughter Mrs Janet R. Saunders and thence to her niece Mrs Rosemary Mowll. Purchased at Sotheby''s 5 July 1977, lot 298.
Paper. ff. iii+127. Contemporary white vellum binding inscribed in Jane Austen''s hand on the upper cover and spine ''Volume the Second''.
- Scope & Content:
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Jane Austen, novelist: `Volume the Second'' of Jane Austen: circa 1790-1793.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998344
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998344
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165356757.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1785
- End Date:
- 1795
- Date Range:
- c 1790-1793
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Custodial History:
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Rosemary Mowll, niece of J R Saunders: Owned, 20th cent.
Janet R. Saunders, granddaughter of F Austen: Owned, early 20th cent.
Francis Austen, brother of Jane Austen: Owned, aft. 1844.
- Exhibitions:
- British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
Discovering literature: Romantics and Victorians, (online), 20 February 2014-
Jane Austen 200, Willis Museum, Basingstoke, 9 January 2016 - 27 February 2016
The Mysterious Miss Austen, Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester, 13 May 2017 - 24 July 2017 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The History of England. Exhibited: Jane Austen 200, Willis Museum, Basingstoke, 9 January 2016 - 27 February 2016