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The Tale of Mr. Tod

Book
1912 (published), 1918 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Illustrated throughout text with monochrome line photoengravings and three-colour-process plates. Three-colour-process pictorial endpapers with one double-page design occurring twice (front and back) depicting notice-board of "Peter Rabbit books". Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper cover with green-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in green with paper onlay set within green-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in green on spine.

Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Tale of Mr. Tod (published title)
Materials and techniques
Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in paper covered, and blocked case binding. Pencil annotations.
Brief description
Book, The Tale of Mr. Tod, by Beatrix Potter, published in London by Frederick Warne. Grey, first edition, 1912, marked up for braille in pencil. Linder Bequest catalogue no. LB 1611. NAL accession no. BP.138. Library's Copy I.
Physical description
Illustrated throughout text with monochrome line photoengravings and three-colour-process plates. Three-colour-process pictorial endpapers with one double-page design occurring twice (front and back) depicting notice-board of "Peter Rabbit books". Case binding of grey paper over boards. Upper cover with green-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in green with paper onlay set within green-blocked frame. Author, title and publisher blocked in green on spine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15 (cm) (Note: rounded to nearest cm on library catalogue)
Marks and inscriptions
J. S. Close (Inscribed in ink on title-page)
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.
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. 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
  • LB.1611 - Linder Bequest catalogue no.
  • BP.138 - NAL accession number
Collection
Library number
BP.138

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Record createdDecember 3, 2020
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