Sold for:
$123
$123
Burney, Fanny (1752-1840) Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. London: for T. Payne and T. Cadell, 1782. First edition, five 12mo volumes bound in uniform full sheepskin, wear to bindings, 6 3/4 x 4 in. (5) The title of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia , 'remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.' Austen was also a subscriber.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
