The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Book
1902 (published)
1902 (published)
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Printed book, 97 pages. Illustrated throughout with 31 three-colour-process illustrations, including frontispiece. Line illustration as title page vignette. Copy B case binding of grey 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 | Three colour process printed and case bound with blocked title. |
| Brief description | Book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne and Co., [1902]. Printed in London by Edmund Evans. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB 1628. NAL accession number BP.9. Library's copy B. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 97 pages. Illustrated throughout with 31 three-colour-process illustrations, including frontispiece. Line illustration as title page vignette. Copy B case binding of grey 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. Previously Beatrix Potter's own 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. |
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| Library number | BP.9 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2021 |
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