Prince Darling : a tale

Prince Darling : a tale. Embellished with engravings. A green decorated paper label on the upper stiff-paper wrapper reads: Houlston's edition. Prince Darling. Price sixpence. A moral fairy tale in which the fairy Candida punishes Prince Darling for his wickedness, transforming him into a creature with ''the head of a lion, the horns of a bull, the feet of a wolf, and the tail of a viper''. First published about 1809. Inscriptions on the upper wrapper and recto of the frontispiece are dated 1828.