The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Book
1906 (published)
1906 (published)
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Printed book, 84 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Three-colour-process pictorial endpapers with one double-page design occurring twice (front and back). Decorative blue cloth case binding. Upper cover with gold-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in gold and paper onlay set in decorative gold-blocked frame. Title blocked in gold on spine. All edges gilt. With two transparent glassine paper dust jackets advertising new books in 1904 (possibly not contemporary with book).
Object details
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| Title | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Three-colour relief halftone and letterpress in case binding. Upper cover gold-blocked. Gilt edged paper. Glassine jackets./ |
| Brief description | Book, 'The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher', first edition, mint copy, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. Linder Bequest catalogue number, LB 1601. NAL accession no. BP.91. Library's copy B. |
| Physical description | Printed book, 84 pages. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Three-colour-process pictorial endpapers with one double-page design occurring twice (front and back). Decorative blue cloth case binding. Upper cover with gold-blocked frame of single rule in which title and author blocked in gold and paper onlay set in decorative gold-blocked frame. Title blocked in gold on spine. All edges gilt. With two transparent glassine paper dust jackets advertising new books in 1904 (possibly not contemporary with book). |
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| Credit line | Linder Bequest [plus object number; written on labels on the same line as the object number] |
| Object history | Beatrix Potter's copy. Library's copy B. 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. |
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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.
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.91 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2021 |
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