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Beauty and the beast, or, A rough outside with a gentle heart : a poetical version of an ancient tale / illustrated with a series of engravings ; and Beauty's song at her spinning wheel, set to music by Mr. Whitaker.

Accession number
PML 16547
Creator
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Published
London : Printed for M.J. Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, [ca 1811] (London : Printed by B. M'Millan)
Credit line
Purchase; 1909.
Notes
Attributed to Charles Lamb by the Bodleian Library.
First ed. Surprize issue (p. 7).
With the title page of the "surprise" issue and the cover imprint of the "surprize" issue (see Livingston).
Stipple engravings hand-colored; music printed on recto of two leaves.
Collation - Front.; Title, A[superscript]1, verso blank; Text, B[superscript]1-B[superscript]16 verso; (p. 1-32) 8 colored pls. including front; 2 sheets of music. Cover has title in key-border, with cut "Go be a beast!" on both sides of back cover. 24[superscript]o.
Illustrations sometimes attributed to William Mulready according to Huntington Library.
Description
32 p., [10] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., music ; 13 cm
Binding
Off-white printed wrappers. in blue cloth case.
Classification
Department