Burney, Fanny (1752-1840) Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress.

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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.
Estimate $200-300


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