AUSTEN, Jane.

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Sense and Sensibility; Pride & Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion. First deluxe Brock editions of the complete novels of Jane Austen, exquisitely illustrated with over 100 colour plates and in the publisher's vellum bindings.Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938) and his brother Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960) were the first to illustrate Austen's world with colour plates, producing an edition together in 1898. Almost a decade later, Dent commissioned Charles alone to produce fresh illustrations for their "Series of English Idylls", which introduced this deluxe vellum format.The Brocks prided themselves on the historical accuracy of their illustrations. They collected antique furniture and had their friends model clothing from the period in their Cambridge studio. Charles Brock was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour in 1908.

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