The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Book
1903 (published)
1903 (published)
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84 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Black and white vignette on title page. In de-luxe floral art fabric with dust jacket. 1903 on title page. Mint copy.
Object details
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| Title | The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Case bound printed book in floral printed cotton fabric, with line block and three colour process illustrations. |
| Brief description | Book, The tale of Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter. Published in London by Frederick Warne and Co., 1903, printed by Edmund Evans, Engraver and Printer, The Raquet Court Press, Swan Street, Borough). Second or Third Copy, in de-luxe floral art binding. Mint Copy. Library's copy C. Linder Bequest Cat. No. LB 1653. NAL accession no.: BP.70. |
| Physical description | 84 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated throughout with three-colour-process illustrations. Black and white vignette on title page. In de-luxe floral art fabric with dust jacket. 1903 on title page. Mint copy. |
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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. 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. |
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| Library number | BP.70 |
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| Record created | July 3, 2021 |
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