Voewood Rare Books. Catalogue Two.

Jane Austen at the piano. “She played from the manuscript, copied out by herself”. We have just issued our latest catalogue. 85 items covering everything from cookery to cricket, smoking to soccer, jurisprudence to Java, satire to sex, art to arithmetic. The highlight though is a collection of music manuscripts written out by Jane Austen and other female members of her family. Jane was an accomplished musician and the songs in her hand are beautifully written. Albums of songs such as these would have been passed around family and friends and used for musical gatherings. Music has an important place in Jane's novels and these two albums give a wonderful and rare insight into the musical life of the Austen family. To read the full catalogue online click on the link in bio to our home page. We hope you enjoy it.

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