Beauty and the Beast. J Goodwin, 1813., FIRST EDITION, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, folding score for “Beauty’s Song at her Spinning Wheel” bound in, title page and two plates supplied in facsimile, original boards, pencil annotations, lacking one plate, restored, rubbed; Beauty and the Beast. William Jackson & Co. 1825. 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, folding score sheet bound in, original boards, score significantly lacking, restored, rubbed ; Beauty and the Beast. Field & Tuer, 1887. with introduction by Andrew Lang, 8 engraved plates, original black boards titled in gilt, minor browning, bindings bumped; preserved in blue folding box (3)

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