 He offered Austen £450 for this plus the copyrights of "Mansfield Park" and "Sense and Sensibility", which she refused.Instead, she published two thousand copies of the novel at her own expense, retaining the copyright and paying a 10% commission to Murray.The publication in December 1815 (dated 1816) consisted of a three-volume set in duodecimo at the selling price of £1.1s (one guinea) per set.