The Story of Miss Moppet
Book
1906 (published)
1906 (published)
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28 unnumbered leaves (accordion folded), colour illustrations. Blue cloth covers fold to form wallet with painted silver-effect clasp. Title and author blocked in blue on front with oval paper onlay in centre in decorative frame. On back cover: "Fredrick Warne & Co. New York & London". Mottled green endpapers.
Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Each page printed within decorative green border.
Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Each page printed within decorative green border.
Object details
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| Title | The Story of Miss Moppet (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Blue cloth covers, painted silver clasp, printed panorama, three-colour process illustrations, typesetting, paper, printing ink. |
| Brief description | Book, The story of Miss Moppet, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London and New York by Frederick Warne & Co., [1906]. Panoramic edition. Linder Bequest Cat No. LB 1559. NAL accession number: BP.165. |
| Physical description | 28 unnumbered leaves (accordion folded), colour illustrations. Blue cloth covers fold to form wallet with painted silver-effect clasp. Title and author blocked in blue on front with oval paper onlay in centre in decorative frame. On back cover: "Fredrick Warne & Co. New York & London". Mottled green endpapers. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Each page printed within decorative green border. |
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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. |
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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.165 |
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| Record created | July 3, 2021 |
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