The tale of Peter Rabbit
Book
1903 (published), April 1903 (printed)
1903 (published), April 1903 (printed)
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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
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| Title | The tale of Peter Rabbit (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book, with three colour process illustrations. |
| 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. |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| 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. |
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| Library number | 38041003059342 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2016 |
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