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Jane Austen's England.- [Hicks Beach (Henrietta, wife of Sir Michael Hicks, later Hicks Beach, of Netheravon, Wiltshire and Williamstrip Park, Coln St. Aldwyn, Gloucestershire, 1760-1837)] [Diary & Account Book], printed in red with manuscript insertions, 88pp. excluding blanks, most entries in pencil, a few in ink, pencil sketches of furniture on a few pp., list of novels at beginning and provisions at end, 1f. loose, browned, inner hinges weak, original roan, rubbed, ink date "1789" on upper cover, lacks head of spine, 2 tears on spine, 12mo, 1789.

⁂ Includes numerous references to visits and dinners, including to the Chute family of The Vyne (a country house near Basingstoke), and their relatives, the Bramstones of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke, both families known to the Austen and Hicks Beach families. "Friday 6th February 1789 Mr W Chute came to Dinner..."; "Sunday 13 September 1789 went to the Vine to Dinner... Mr. T. Chute". Also includes amounts lost and won at cards, payment for wages, items bought, money received from Mr. Hicks and paid to their son, Michael. Other names including, the Pettat family (Rev. C.R. Pettat became Rector of Ashe), Polhill, Musgrave etc.

Jane Austen was 14 in 1789 when this diary was compiled. "The Beach and Wither families were well known, and frequently discussed by the Austens at Steventon. When Michael and Henrietta Maria Hicks Beach... lost one of their babies, in 1796, Jane Austen was well enough acquainted with their romantic story to confide to her sister Cassandra, 'I am sorry for the Beaches' loss of their little girl, especially as it is the one so like me' (9 January 1796)." - Chris Viveash. Sydney Smith, Jane Austen, and Henry Tilney, Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 24, 2002.

Lot 156

Jane Austen's England.- Hicks Beach (Henrietta) Diary & Account Book, printed in red with manuscript insertions, 88pp. excluding blanks, most entries in pencil, inner hinges weak, original roan, rubbed, lacks head of spine, 12mo, 1789.  

Hammer Price: £1,100

Description

Jane Austen's England.- [Hicks Beach (Henrietta, wife of Sir Michael Hicks, later Hicks Beach, of Netheravon, Wiltshire and Williamstrip Park, Coln St. Aldwyn, Gloucestershire, 1760-1837)] [Diary & Account Book], printed in red with manuscript insertions, 88pp. excluding blanks, most entries in pencil, a few in ink, pencil sketches of furniture on a few pp., list of novels at beginning and provisions at end, 1f. loose, browned, inner hinges weak, original roan, rubbed, ink date "1789" on upper cover, lacks head of spine, 2 tears on spine, 12mo, 1789.

⁂ Includes numerous references to visits and dinners, including to the Chute family of The Vyne (a country house near Basingstoke), and their relatives, the Bramstones of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke, both families known to the Austen and Hicks Beach families. "Friday 6th February 1789 Mr W Chute came to Dinner..."; "Sunday 13 September 1789 went to the Vine to Dinner... Mr. T. Chute". Also includes amounts lost and won at cards, payment for wages, items bought, money received from Mr. Hicks and paid to their son, Michael. Other names including, the Pettat family (Rev. C.R. Pettat became Rector of Ashe), Polhill, Musgrave etc.

Jane Austen was 14 in 1789 when this diary was compiled. "The Beach and Wither families were well known, and frequently discussed by the Austens at Steventon. When Michael and Henrietta Maria Hicks Beach... lost one of their babies, in 1796, Jane Austen was well enough acquainted with their romantic story to confide to her sister Cassandra, 'I am sorry for the Beaches' loss of their little girl, especially as it is the one so like me' (9 January 1796)." - Chris Viveash. Sydney Smith, Jane Austen, and Henry Tilney, Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal, Vol. 24, 2002.

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