Facsimiles

The first facsimile of one of the great books of botanic art from the edition held in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

This collection of rarely seen editions of Beatrix Potter’s much loved debut, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, features exquisite facsimiles from the archive of her publisher Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., charting the transformation from Peter’s initial appearance in a picture letter, to the glorious full-colour deluxe first commercial edition.

Rarely seen archive material from The Morgan Library and a large-format first edition all reproduced in exquisite facsimile

London and New York, 40 rare photogravures by a master of the art, in facsimile for the first time.