1833. Austen, Jane. Novels. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Six novels in five small-octavo volumes. First collected edition, and the first illustrated English edition of Austen’s novels.

The set comprises Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Northanger Abbey with Persuasion. Issued as part of Bentley’s influential Standard Novels series, each novel has an engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette title page. Bentley’s 1833 publication revived Austen’s novels for a wider nineteenth-century readership and remains a cornerstone of any serious Austen collection. 

All five volumes have since been handsomely rebound and are now housed together in a custom-made slipcase, giving the set an exceptionally attractive and cohesive presentation. Quarter morroco leather binding. Gilt titles. Matching slipcase in full cloth and lining.