Title: PRINCE DORUS: | or, | Flattery put out of Countenance. | A Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale. | Illustrated with a series of Elegant Engravings. | London: | Printed for M. J. Godwin, | at the Juvenile Library, No 41 Skinner St; | and to be had of all Booksellers and Toymen in the | United Kingdom. | 1811. 12mo
Collation: Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page. pp. 31. Illustrations: Frontispiece to face Title, “The Enchanted Cat;” p. 6, “Minon Asleep;” p. 7, “The Transformation;” p. 10, “Prince Dorus and his Maids;” p. 19, “Claribel Carried Off;” p. 21, “Visit to the Beneficent Fairy;” p. 23, “Prince Dorus Offended;” p. 29, “Truth Brought Home;” p. 31, “Self Knowledge obtains its Reward.” Size 5½ × 4⅜.
Note. Only a few copies known to exist. The authenticity of this volume is established by a reference in Crabb Robinson’s Diary, May 15, 1811. There are two editions, plain and colored, not differing in any other particular. The back cover should be preserved, as it contains a curious woodcut of Prince Dorus (The Long-nosed King) and Aged Fairy. There are copies with Title-page put on cover within a key border.
Price. Dodd & Mead [1888], $175; colored [1888], morocco, $300. Sotheby’s, 1888, £30. Sotheby’s, 1889 [colored, dated 1818], £45. Sotheby’s, 1890, £29 10s. [original boards].
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Title: BEAUTY | AND | THE BEAST: | or | A rough outside with A | Gentle heart | A Poetical version of an Ancient Tale | Illustrated with a | Series of Elegant Engravings | And Beauty’s Song at Her Spinning Wheel | Set to Music by Mr Whitaker | London: | Printed for M. J. Godwin, | At the Juvenile Library, 41, Skinner Street; | and to be had of all Booksellers and Toymen | throughout the United Kingdom. | Price 5s. 6d. coloured, or 3s. 6d. plain | Square 16mo, n.d.
Collation: Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page. pp. 32. Colophon, London: Printed by B. M‘Millan, | Bow Street, Covent Garden |. Illustrations: Frontispiece, “Beauty in her prosperous state.” Face page 4, “Beauty in a State of Adversity.” Page 11, “The Rose Gather’d.” Page 16, “Beauty in the Enchanted Palace.” Page 19, “Beauty visits her Library.” Page 21, “Beauty entertained with invisible music.” Page 28, “The absence of Beauty Lamented.” Page 29, “The Enchantment Dissolved.” Music: Beauty’s Song [music and second verse on reverse]. Size 5⅞ × 4½.
Note. The original is in paper-covered boards, roxburghe backs, with woodcut, underneath which are written the words “‘Go, be a Beast!’ Homer.” The engravings are supposed to be by Maria Flaxman, sister of the sculptor. On page 3 there is a water-mark dated 1810.