Accession number
PML 86409.1-4
Creator
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
Published
London : Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co.; New York : Scribner & Welford, [1887?]
Credit line
Gift of Lilly Library; 1985.
Notes
With facsimile t.p. of the original edition, 1811.
Title on facsimile t.p.: Beauty and the beast: or a rough outside with gentle heart, a poetical version of an ancient tale.
"The present edition is the only modern reprint with the original illustrations re-engraved."--P. ix.
Originally published anonymously; attributed by some authorities to Lamb, but the evidence is inconclusive.- Introd.
With [2] p. of publishers' advertisements at back "Extracts from Field & Tuer's List, The Leadenhall Press ..."
"With eight beautiful illustrations"--Cover.
Laid in: letter to Miss Ball from Brentano's & one to PML from J. Schiller.
Title on facsimile t.p.: Beauty and the beast: or a rough outside with gentle heart, a poetical version of an ancient tale.
"The present edition is the only modern reprint with the original illustrations re-engraved."--P. ix.
Originally published anonymously; attributed by some authorities to Lamb, but the evidence is inconclusive.- Introd.
With [2] p. of publishers' advertisements at back "Extracts from Field & Tuer's List, The Leadenhall Press ..."
"With eight beautiful illustrations"--Cover.
Laid in: letter to Miss Ball from Brentano's & one to PML from J. Schiller.
Description
[2], xxiv, 42, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates, [2] leaves of music : ill. ; 19 cm. (case 24 cm, folder 27 cm.)
Provenance
Andrew Lang (ownership inscription); Elisabeth Ball.
Binding
Publishers' black boards with gilt; in 1/2 green morocco folding case with accompanying folder containing color plates and additional leaf of music.
Classification
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