Sense and Sensibility. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with an Introduction by Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan, 1900. Fourth Edition. Pp, 342. Floral patterned cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to upper cover & spine.Light toning to preliminary leaves otherwise a nice.

Jane Austen’s classic romantic novel delightfully illustrated by Irish born artist Hugh Thompson. 

A satirical & comic work offering a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.

Hugh Thompson wa

s an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry. He illustrated several of Austen’s work in the late 19th century.