Now at the Huntington: Jane Austen family correspondence and ‘Wicked Ned’ works

The Huntington Library’s Main Exhibition Hall was renovated and reopened in 2013. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

By Carolyn Kellogg

Jan. 27, 2015 12:14 PM PT

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The Huntington’s new acquisitions include correspondence from Jane Austen’s mother’s family, the Leighs of Adlestrop, along with art and writing from the 19th century sailor “Wicked Ned.” Here’s a look at some of the library’s holdings.

For many years, the Huntington collection has included this rare Gutenberg Bible (1450-55). It’s one of 11 surviving copies printed on vellum. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

A rare Shakespeare first folio is also in the Huntington’s collection. (Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Carolyn Kellogg

Carolyn Kellogg is a prize-winning writer who served as Books editor of the Los Angeles Times for three years. She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge of the National Book Award in Nonfiction. Prior to coming to The Times, Kellogg was editor of LAist.com and the web editor of the public radio show Marketplace. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English from the University of Southern California.