NMLP P-014004 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Emma

Jane Austen ('By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice"') · John Murray · 1816

The UK Murray 1816 three-decker is the true first; the contemporaneous Philadelphia (Carey) 1816 edition is the first American but secondary. The dedication leaf to the Prince Regent is a required point.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014004 for "Emma" by Jane Austen ('By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice"') (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014004, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).