THE TALE OF
PETER RABBIT
BEATRIX POTTER
The original and authorized edition
THE TALE OF
PETER RABBIT
BEATRIX POTTER
The original and authorized edition
THEN he tried to find his way straight across the garden, but he became more and more puzzled. Presently, he came to a pond where Mr. McGregor filled his water-cans. A white cat was staring at some goldfish; she sat very, very still, but now and then the tip of her tail twitched as if it were alive. Peter thought it best to go away without speaking to her; he had heard about cats from his cousin, little Benjamin Bunny.
PETER got down very quietly off the wheelbarrow, and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes.
Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not care. He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden.
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First published by Frederick Warne 1902
This edition with reset text and new reproductions of Beatrix Potter's illustrations first published 2002
New reproductions copyright c Frederick Warne & Co., 2002
Original copyright in text and illustrations c Frederick Warne & Co., 1902
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Colour reproduction by
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Printed and bound in Italy
THIS EDITION, with reoriginated illustrations and type, marks the centenary of the first publication by Frederick Warne of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902. Taking the first edition as a guide, the aim has been to follow faithfully Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from advances in modern printing and design techniques. The colours and detail of the watercolours are here reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now also been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. The text is reset in a period typeface of the right weight to harmonise with the delicacy of the pictures. Most notably this edition restores six extra illustrations. Four of these (pages 10, 18, 49 and 62) were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers. The other two (pages 33 and 54) have never been used before, Beatrix Potter having initially prepared more illustrations than could be accommodated in the original format.
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