Beatrix Potter’s cover for ‘The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle’ (original) (raw)

Card binding for Potter’s ‘The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle’

Beatrix Potter

[1905]

Cardboard with chromolithographic overlay

5½ x 4¼ inches

Another of Potter’s anthropomorphic children’s books, with the charming Mrs T-W as the main character. [Commentary continues below.]

Scan by a collector and text by Simon Cooke [Click on image to enlarge it, and mouse over the text for links.]

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