19th Century Versions

It is my intention to include as many old, published versions of the Beauty and the Beast story here as possible. All versions here will be older than 1923 (i.e. free of copyright). If you have an old version of the story, and would be willing to scan in the pictures and/or the text, please e-mail me.

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	Beauty and the Beast illustrations by Edmund Dulac, from Arthur Quiller-Couch's fairy tale book. 1910.
	Beauty and the Beast Picture Book. Walter Crane. 1874/1900.
	Illustrations of Beauty and the Beast, from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. 1889. Illustrations by H. J. Ford.
	Beauty and the Beast No Author. 1900? Published by Hurst & Company.
	Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories. No author, no date. Published by A.L. Burt, New York.
	"Beauty and the Beast" from The Children's Book. With stories chosen by Horace E. Scudder. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
	Story of Beauty and the Beast, translated by Ernest Dowson. Color plates by Charles Condor. 1908.

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