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16. BRONTË, Charlotte. Jane eyre. An
Autobiography. edited by currer Bell (pseud.).
London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1847, € 29.000
8vo, 3 vols, pp. (2), 304, (2, 32 for publisher’s advertising);
(2), 304; (2), 311, 19 th cenyury style modern calf, labels
on spine. First edition of Charlotte Brontë’s (1816 - 1855)
pseudonymously published first novel and the first published
work of any of the Brontë sisters: “Wuthering
Heights” (Emily) and “Agnes Grey” (Anne) will follow in
the same year. The most important English novel of the
Victorian period was printed in 500 copies only, and it was
thought by many reviewers to be written by a man.
Internally a very fresh, uncut copy of one of the rarest masterpieces
of 19 th literature. Sadleir 346; Smith 2; Ashley
I:32; Wolff 826; Tinker 379; Grolier English 83. [18017]
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