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Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen. Miscellanies [Verses and songs], poems dated between 1750-88.

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Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen. Miscellanies [Verses and songs], poems dated between 1750-88.

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Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., son of Gislingham Cooper of Phyllis Court, Henley, Oxon, rector of Whaddon, near Bath, later vicar of Sonning, Berkshire, married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen, father of Jane Cooper (1771-98) later Lady Williams, cousin and close friend of Jane and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, and Rev. Edward Cooper (1770-1833), a regular visitor to the Austens' house at Steventon, 1728-92) Miscellanies [Verses and songs], manuscript, 207pp. excluding blanks at end, ruled throughout, blotting paper loosely inserted, slightly browned, ink ownership stamp "EC" and 20th century pencil inscription by James Stevens Cox: "Russell Mss Beaminster" on front pastedown, ink inscription on lower pastedown: "Receipt Book for Wages, 1780", original speckled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, 104 x 190mm., poems dated between 1750-88. ⁂ Jane Austen's family theatricals at Steventon. Austen family verses, comprising: (1). Austen (Rev. James, Jane Austen's eldest brother, 1765-1819) Prologue to the Wonder, acted at Steventon December 26th & 28th 1787. Spoken by Mr Henry Austen & written by the Rev:nd Mr James Austen, [Susannah Centlivre's The Wonder: a Woman Keeps a Secret, 1714], 1787. (2). Austen (Rev. James) Epilogue to the Wonder, acted at Steventon Written by the Same, & spoken by Mad:me La Contesse de Feuillide, [Elizabeth "Eliza" de Feuillide (1761-1813), married secondly Henry Austen (1771-1850), an elder brother of Jane Austen], 1787. (3). Austen (Rev. James) Prologue to the Chances [adapted by David Garrick from a play by Beaumont & Fletcher], acted at Steventon, Jan:ry 19th & 22nd 1788 - Written & spoken by the Rev:d James Austen, 1788. (4). Austen (Rev. James) Prologue to the Tragedy of Tom Thumb, acted to a small circle of select Friends, & spoken by the Author, March 22nd 1788, James Austen, A.M. Fell:w of St John's Coll:, 1788. (5). Cooper (?Rev Edward, c. 1727-92, or, Rev. Edward, 1770-1835) Nec tam aversus equos Tyria Sol jingit ab urbe [Nor does the Sun yoke horse so far from the City of Tyre, Virgil, The Aeneid], Cooper Feb:ry 21: 1788. Other, related family poems, including: (1). [Leigh (Cassandra, aunt of Cassandra Leigh mother of Jane Austen 1739-1827, eldest daughter of William Leigh of Adlestrop House, 1691-1757, married 8 September 1739 Sir Edward Turner 2nd Bt., of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire, d. 1770)] An Epistle to the Right Hon:ble the Lady Viscountess St John, giving an account of the Journey to Ambroseden, March, 1750, by a Miss Leigh, Eldest Daughter of Willm: Leigh Esqr. of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. Unpublished. (2). Lady Burrell. On Lord Mansfield's falling with Lady Edward, Bentinck from a Bench in the Ball room, at Tunbridge Wells. (3). Russell (Thomas, poet, bap. 1762, d. 1788) Verses upon Cervantes by Mr Russell, Fellow of New College, [1780-84]. (4). Prologue upon the opening of the Lilliputian Theatre, spoken by Miss J: - or C.E. [?Jane and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, aged 7 and 9 at the time] for a Puppet in the dress of a little Girl - by Dr Ekins - Dean of Carlisle, [not before 1782]. (5). [Hayes (Philip, bap. 1738 d. 1797), composer]. Tweedledum & Tweedledee, The Anatomy School, Christ Church College, Oxford, 21st Dec:r 1780. Austen family theatricals. In the winter of 1787, some of the younger members of the Austen family converted a barn at the rectory at Steventon in order to put on plays over the Christmas period. One of the guests that year was a cousin Eliza de Feuillide, god-daughter of Warren Hastings, and a wealthy woman who had sponsored a play, Hannah Cowley's Which is the Man? at Tunbridge Wells Theatre in September. They decided to stage Susannah Centlivre's, The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret, with James Austen as producer, his younger brother Henry as leading man and Eliza, leading woman. After its success, they staged a second play in January, T

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 10
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Datum:
09.06.2020
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Beschreibung:

Jane Austen's Family.- ?C[ooper] (E[dward], Rev., son of Gislingham Cooper of Phyllis Court, Henley, Oxon, rector of Whaddon, near Bath, later vicar of Sonning, Berkshire, married Jane Leigh (1736-83), sister of Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827), married George Austen (1731-1805), parents of Jane Austen, father of Jane Cooper (1771-98) later Lady Williams, cousin and close friend of Jane and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, and Rev. Edward Cooper (1770-1833), a regular visitor to the Austens' house at Steventon, 1728-92) Miscellanies [Verses and songs], manuscript, 207pp. excluding blanks at end, ruled throughout, blotting paper loosely inserted, slightly browned, ink ownership stamp "EC" and 20th century pencil inscription by James Stevens Cox: "Russell Mss Beaminster" on front pastedown, ink inscription on lower pastedown: "Receipt Book for Wages, 1780", original speckled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, 104 x 190mm., poems dated between 1750-88. ⁂ Jane Austen's family theatricals at Steventon. Austen family verses, comprising: (1). Austen (Rev. James, Jane Austen's eldest brother, 1765-1819) Prologue to the Wonder, acted at Steventon December 26th & 28th 1787. Spoken by Mr Henry Austen & written by the Rev:nd Mr James Austen, [Susannah Centlivre's The Wonder: a Woman Keeps a Secret, 1714], 1787. (2). Austen (Rev. James) Epilogue to the Wonder, acted at Steventon Written by the Same, & spoken by Mad:me La Contesse de Feuillide, [Elizabeth "Eliza" de Feuillide (1761-1813), married secondly Henry Austen (1771-1850), an elder brother of Jane Austen], 1787. (3). Austen (Rev. James) Prologue to the Chances [adapted by David Garrick from a play by Beaumont & Fletcher], acted at Steventon, Jan:ry 19th & 22nd 1788 - Written & spoken by the Rev:d James Austen, 1788. (4). Austen (Rev. James) Prologue to the Tragedy of Tom Thumb, acted to a small circle of select Friends, & spoken by the Author, March 22nd 1788, James Austen, A.M. Fell:w of St John's Coll:, 1788. (5). Cooper (?Rev Edward, c. 1727-92, or, Rev. Edward, 1770-1835) Nec tam aversus equos Tyria Sol jingit ab urbe [Nor does the Sun yoke horse so far from the City of Tyre, Virgil, The Aeneid], Cooper Feb:ry 21: 1788. Other, related family poems, including: (1). [Leigh (Cassandra, aunt of Cassandra Leigh mother of Jane Austen 1739-1827, eldest daughter of William Leigh of Adlestrop House, 1691-1757, married 8 September 1739 Sir Edward Turner 2nd Bt., of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire, d. 1770)] An Epistle to the Right Hon:ble the Lady Viscountess St John, giving an account of the Journey to Ambroseden, March, 1750, by a Miss Leigh, Eldest Daughter of Willm: Leigh Esqr. of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. Unpublished. (2). Lady Burrell. On Lord Mansfield's falling with Lady Edward, Bentinck from a Bench in the Ball room, at Tunbridge Wells. (3). Russell (Thomas, poet, bap. 1762, d. 1788) Verses upon Cervantes by Mr Russell, Fellow of New College, [1780-84]. (4). Prologue upon the opening of the Lilliputian Theatre, spoken by Miss J: - or C.E. [?Jane and Cassandra Elizabeth Austen, aged 7 and 9 at the time] for a Puppet in the dress of a little Girl - by Dr Ekins - Dean of Carlisle, [not before 1782]. (5). [Hayes (Philip, bap. 1738 d. 1797), composer]. Tweedledum & Tweedledee, The Anatomy School, Christ Church College, Oxford, 21st Dec:r 1780. Austen family theatricals. In the winter of 1787, some of the younger members of the Austen family converted a barn at the rectory at Steventon in order to put on plays over the Christmas period. One of the guests that year was a cousin Eliza de Feuillide, god-daughter of Warren Hastings, and a wealthy woman who had sponsored a play, Hannah Cowley's Which is the Man? at Tunbridge Wells Theatre in September. They decided to stage Susannah Centlivre's, The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret, with James Austen as producer, his younger brother Henry as leading man and Eliza, leading woman. After its success, they staged a second play in January, T

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 10
Auktion:
Datum:
09.06.2020
Auktionshaus:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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