Jane Austen association.- Le Prince de Beaumont (Mme.) Magasin des Enfans, 4 vol., Anna Lefroy's copy, 1758.
Jane Austen association.- Le Prince de Beaumont (Mme.) Magasin des Enfans, 4 vol. in 2, Anna Lefroy's copy with ink ownership and gift inscriptions to vol.1 B1 and endpapers, lacking several ff., a few gatherings becoming loose, a few ff. frayed at foot, occasional markings in ink or pencil, occasional stains or tears, contemporary half calf, extremities a little worn, rubbed, [see Gilson p.433], small 8vo, J.Nourse, 1758; sold as an association copy and not subject to return.
⁂ An excellent association copy, owned by Jane Austen's niece who would go on to write under Austen's tutelage and attempt to complete her aunt's unfinished novel Sanditon.
According to the inscriptions, these were gifted to Anna Lefroy (née Jane-Anna-Elizabeth Austen) by Augusta Bramston (1749-1819), a friend and neighbour of the Austens in Steventon. The inscription in vol.2 reads 'J.A.E. Austen. The gift of Mrs Augusta Branston August 30th 1802', and appears to be in a juvenile hand when compared to that in vol.1 which gives Anna's surname as Lefroy and states 'given her when a little girl'. This later inscription seems likely to have been added around the time these volumes were passed to Louisa Langlois Lefroy, Anna's daughter, whose name appears on the rear pastedown of vol.1.
Anna Lefroy, née Austen (1793-1872), the daughter of Jane Austen's eldest brother the Rev. JamesAusten(1765-1819). "Janeknew her niece well in early childhood: whenAnna's mother died in 1795, herfather sent her tohis parents in Steventon, whereJaneand Cassandra also lived. The relationship deepened when Anna grew upto have literary ambitions, no doubt inspired by her aunt, andJanewrote encouraging and enthusiastic letters about Anna's unpublished novel, WhichIs The Heroine?, which provide an invaluable insight intoAusten's method of novel-writing."
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Jane Austen association.- Le Prince de Beaumont (Mme.) Magasin des Enfans, 4 vol. in 2, Anna Lefroy's copy with ink ownership and gift inscriptions to vol.1 B1 and endpapers, lacking several ff., a few gatherings becoming loose, a few ff. frayed at foot, occasional markings in ink or pencil, occasional stains or tears, contemporary half calf, extremities a little worn, rubbed, [see Gilson p.433], small 8vo, J.Nourse, 1758; sold as an association copy and not subject to return.
⁂ An excellent association copy, owned by Jane Austen's niece who would go on to write under Austen's tutelage and attempt to complete her aunt's unfinished novel Sanditon.
According to the inscriptions, these were gifted to Anna Lefroy (née Jane-Anna-Elizabeth Austen) by Augusta Bramston (1749-1819), a friend and neighbour of the Austens in Steventon. The inscription in vol.2 reads 'J.A.E. Austen. The gift of Mrs Augusta Branston August 30th 1802', and appears to be in a juvenile hand when compared to that in vol.1 which gives Anna's surname as Lefroy and states 'given her when a little girl'. This later inscription seems likely to have been added around the time these volumes were passed to Louisa Langlois Lefroy, Anna's daughter, whose name appears on the rear pastedown of vol.1.
Anna Lefroy, née Austen (1793-1872), the daughter of Jane Austen's eldest brother the Rev. JamesAusten(1765-1819). "Janeknew her niece well in early childhood: whenAnna's mother died in 1795, herfather sent her tohis parents in Steventon, whereJaneand Cassandra also lived. The relationship deepened when Anna grew upto have literary ambitions, no doubt inspired by her aunt, andJanewrote encouraging and enthusiastic letters about Anna's unpublished novel, WhichIs The Heroine?, which provide an invaluable insight intoAusten's method of novel-writing."
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