BURNEY, Sarah Harriet. Clarentine; A novel, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end of each volume (title, D7-E9 and and several other leaves in vol. I affected by damp, E9 with small piece torn from outer margin, L6 with large tear at inner margin, G5 of vol. II torn with partial loss of two words recto and three words on verso, B1 of vol. III with severe tear from inner to upper margin), contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, flat-backed gilt spines (spines a little scuffed and crinkled). [Block p. 30; Summers p. 277] (3)

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BURNEY, Sarah Harriet. Clarentine; A novel, London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796, 3 volumes, 12°, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end of each volume (title, D7-E9 and and several other leaves in vol. I affected by damp, E9 with small piece torn from outer margin, L6 with large tear at inner margin, G5 of vol. II torn with partial loss of two words recto and three words on verso, B1 of vol. III with severe tear from inner to upper margin), contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, flat-backed gilt spines (spines a little scuffed and crinkled). [Block p. 30; Summers p. 277] (3)

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The author was the niece of Fanny Burney. A 4-volume French translation by Elisabeth de Bon of this, her earliest novel, appeared in 1819. The first edition is scarce, ESTC recording only one copy in British libraries (BL), though 9 in North America.

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