Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane - 1816

London: J. [John] Murray, 1816. Second Edition. Very Good. Second edition. Three volumes bound in contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled paper. Housed in a custom close display box. Bound without half-titles. Very Good with Neat and subtle rebacking to Volume I, some fading and rubbing to paper covers and wear to edges and corners slight foxing throughout. Owner bookplate of Osman Ricardo to front pastedowns.Ricardo was the first elected Whig MP for Worcester at the 1847 general election. He became a Liberal in 1859, and held the seat until 1865.

The first edition of Mansfield Park was published by Thomas Egerton in 1814 and sold out within six months. In 1815, emboldened by this success, Austen decided to switch publishers. John Murray, who was much better known, was tasked in 1816 with publishing the second edition of Mansfield Park as well as her newest novel, Emma, the latter of which she grudgingly dedicated to the profligate Prince Regent at his own request.