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The tale of Peter Rabbit

Book
1903 (published), April 1903 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. (publisher)
Edmund Evans Ltd. (printer)
Potter, Beatrix (author)
Potter, Beatrix (illustrator)
Place of origin
London (published)

Printed book, 97 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Case binding of dark green paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white and colour paper onlay set in blind-stamped frame in the centre. Title blocked in white on spine. With pale-grey leaf-patterned endpapers.


Object details

Categories
National Art Library
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Books
Anthropomorphism
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Book
TitleThe tale of Peter Rabbit (published title)
Materials and techniques
Case bound printed book, with three colour process illustrations.
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Card
Three-Colour Process (Printing)
Typesetting
Blocking
Onlay
Bookbinding
Brief description
Book, by Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London, Frederick Warne & Co., 1903. Fourth printing. Printed by Edmund Evans. Library's copy B. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1631. NAL accession no. BP.14.
Physical description
Printed book, 97 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Case binding of dark green paper over boards. Upper cover with title, author and publisher blocked in white and colour paper onlay set in blind-stamped frame in the centre. Title blocked in white on spine. With pale-grey leaf-patterned endpapers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15cm (Note: Maximum, taken from library catalogue, which rounds up to nearest cm.)
Object history
Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.

Copy B (LB 1631) with bookseller's ticket on inside upper cover: "Sold by / Wm. Whiteley Ltd / Stationers, &c. / Westbourne Grove". With inscription in pencil on half title-page: "4th edition / p.51". With insert: slip of newspaper inscribed in pencil: "4th edition / shed instead of / wept see p.51". Previously Beatrix Potter's own copy. Acquired by the V&A from Leslie Linder (1904-1973) in 1973 as part of the Linder Bequest, a collection of ca. 2150 watercolours, drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, books, photographs, and other memorabilia associated with Beatrix Potter and her family.
Bibliographic reference
Hobbs, Anne Stevenson, and Joyce Irene Whalley, eds. Beatrix Potter: the V & A collection : the Leslie Linder bequest of Beatrix Potter material : watercolours, drawings, manuscripts, books, photographs and memorabilia. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985.
Other numbers
  • BP.14 - NAL accession number
  • LB.1631 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
38041003059342

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2016
Record URL
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