Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Peter Rabbit,first commercial edition, first, second or third printing, translated into German throughout by a contemporary hand with Warne's full address in same hand on title imprint, 30 colour plates only (of 31, lacking frontispiece), some soiling, crease becoming closed tear affecting a few ff., new endpapers with only original leaf-pattern front free endpaper bearing contemporary inscription present, original dark grey boards with inset colour illustration, lettered in white, bumped and rubbed at edges, [Linder 421; Quinby 2; Taylor, Whalley, Hobbs, Battrick p.22], n.d. [1902]; with a copy of the published German translation of the same, 16mo, Warne (2)

***Despite both the author and publishers Warne sharing an interest in producing editions in German of Peter Rabbit, the first German edition was not released until 1934. It is unclear why the edition here has been translated thus, especially with the publisher's address being supplied on the title-page; perhaps it was to be sent to Warne on the hope of being commissioned for an official translation..