Educated by governesses, Potter spent much of her childhood isolated from children, apart from her younger brother Bertram. Finally, the set is presented in a beautiful presentation box lined with the endpaper design and printed with gold lettering.īeatrix Potter was born in London in 1866 to Rupert and Helen Potter. The exquisite endpapers replicate the binding design of deluxe editions published by Warne in 1903, a patterned calico supplied by Edmund Potter and Company, Beatrix’s paternal grandfather. This special edition has been published exclusively for Folio, and each beautifully crafted book features a gold-blocked cloth binding and gilding on all page edges. Forty million copies have been sold since 1902 and its success led Potter to compose and illustrate a total of 23 books.įrom the adorable antics in The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin to the courage displayed in The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, 12 of Potter’s best-loved stories have been selected for The Heritage Collection. Discouraged from pursuing a career in science, she published her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, when she was in her thirties.
An artist, author and conservationist, Potter was a woman of prodigious and varied talents and her love of flora and fauna is evident in her beautifully detailed, evocative drawings. ‘Once upon a time there were four little rabbits – and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter’īeatrix Potter’s tales of endearing animals with human traits have been charming children for generations.
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