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Austen, Jane (1775-1817) Pride and Prejudice, the Peacock Edition.
London: George Allen, 1894.
First Peacock edition, octavo, illustrated with a frontispiece (original tissue guard preserved) and more than 150 text illustrations by Hugh Thomson; bound in green publisher's cloth gilt stamped, front board decorated with the iconic peacock motif in gilt, all edges gilt, black coated endpapers (light offsetting from tissue guard to title, faint marginal toning throughout, two areas of minor spotting with a light dusty residue; a touch bumped); 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.
Unlike earlier illustrated editions, Hugh Thomson's line drawings are the first to truly incorporate Austen's sense of humor into their composition, decisively establishing them as the most famous depictions of the Bennet family and their circle.
