[LAMB, Charles (1775-1834)]. Beauty and the Beast: or, A Rough Outside with a Gentle Heart. A Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale. London: M. J. Godwin, 1813. 16° (130 x 110mm). 6 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 8, lacking folding sheet of music, some staining and spotting). Original boards (worn, disbound). Provenance: H. W. Rogers (old signature on front free endpaper). cf. Osborne I, p.34 (citing a facsimile edition of 1887 of the first edition 'first published by M. J. Godwin in 1811').

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[LAMB, Charles (1775-1834)]. Beauty and the Beast: or, A Rough Outside with a Gentle Heart. A Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale. London: M. J. Godwin, 1813. 16° (130 x 110mm). 6 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 8, lacking folding sheet of music, some staining and spotting). Original boards (worn, disbound). Provenance: H. W. Rogers (old signature on front free endpaper). cf. Osborne I, p.34 (citing a facsimile edition of 1887 of the first edition 'first published by M. J. Godwin in 1811').

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