The Tale of Mr. Tod
Book
1912 (published)
1912 (published)
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Printed book, 93, [1] pages. Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of buff paper over boards. Upper cover with brown-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in brown with paper onlay set within brown-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in brown on spine.
Object details
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| Title | The Tale of Mr. Tod (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in paper covered, and blocked case binding. |
| Brief description | Book, The Tale of Mr. Tod, by Beatrix Potter, published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. First edition, 1912 (Beatrix Potter's copy). Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1605. NAL accession no. BP.137. Library's copy D. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 93, [1] pages. Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding of buff paper over boards. Upper cover with brown-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in brown with paper onlay set within brown-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in brown on spine. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Gallery label | In the manuscript she sent to her publisher, Potter linked her stories together by making the character Mr. Fox lead readers from one to another, acting either as observer or protagonist. In her surviving illustrations, the fox resembles Mr. Tod from her 1912 Tale. In fact, Potter wanted to call her proposed fables book ‘The Tale of the Birds and Mr. Tod’.(August 2022) |
| Object history | Previously Beatrix Potter's copy. Library's copy D. 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. |
| Production | Mint copy |
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| 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.
p.178, cat. no. LB.1605 |
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| Library number | 38041005058045 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2019 |
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