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[Lamb, Charles]
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- 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. London: Printed [by B. M'Millan] for M. J. Godwin, [1813]
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Small 4to (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.; 132 x 105 mm). 8 engraved plates including frontispiece, all hand colored; without the folding sheet of music, some spotting throughout, fore-edge of page 19 slightly frayed without loss. Original printed wrappers, dated 1813 and woodcut "Go, be a beast. - Homer" on lower cover, laid down on boards with contemporary maroon straight-grain half-morocco gilt; extremities worn, some spotting and soiling to boards. In a red cloth drop-box.
Literature
Roff / Livingston, Bibliography, pp. 113 ff; see Cahoon, Children's Literature 173 (uncertainly dated 1811) and Gumuchian 3589
Condition
without the folding sheet of music, some spotting throughout, fore-edge of page 19 slightly frayed without loss. Contemporary maroon straight-grain half-morocco gilt and original printed boards dated 1813 and woodcut "Go, be a beast. - Homer" on lower cover; extremities worn, some spotting and soiling to boards.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
An early edition of this classic tale, "There seems to be no positive proof that Lamb was the author of this little book ... [but] as we know that Lamb was familiar with all the circumstances, and as he had written successful books for Godwin, and was not above such work, there seems ground for believing that Lamb was the actual author" (Roff).
This edition is dated 1813 on the upper wrapper, and the fourth plate is watermarked 1813.