The Beatrix Potter collection of Lloyd Cotsen
Subtitle: published on the occasion of his 75th birthday
By: by Margit Sperling Cotsen ; [introduction and notes to the story letters by Judy Taylor].
Contributors: Taylor, Judy, 1932-; Hobbs, Anne Stevenson.
Publisher: Cotsen Occasional Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Los Angeles]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs.; Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 -- Portraits -- Catalogs.; Cotsen, Lloyd E. -- Art collections -- Catalogs.; Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 -- Catalogs.; Cotsen, Lloyd E. -- Library -- Catalogs.; Children's stories, English -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Children's stories -- Illustrations -- Catalogs.; Manuscripts, English -- Catalogs.; Animals in art -- Catalogs.
Genres: Bibliography; Catalogs.; Manuscripts; Portraits; Illustrations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 180) and index.
"Catalogue by Anne Stevenson Hobbs, book descriptions by Ivy Trent"--T.p. verso.
"Only a fraction of Lloyd Cotsen's Beatrix Potter Collection is in Princeton ... the main part ... remains under his personal care in Los Angeles"--Introd. (p. [xi]).
"Published in an edition of 500. 200 copies have been bound in cloth with letterpress-printed onlay of The owl and the pussycat for presentation by Mr. and Mrs. Cotsen. The remaining 300 copies have been bound in matching paper boards ..."--Colophon.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Original artworks. Manuscripts. Printed ephemera. Photographs. Books. Commercial merchandise; title: pt. II. Facsimiles of picture letters.