POTTER, BEATRIX. Complete set of 7 uncut proof sheets for the color illustrations and cover labels for regular and deluxe cloth copies of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. London: Edmund Evans, Ltd. [imprint on final sheet], n.d. [1909]. 292 x 216 mm. (11½ x 8½ in.), creased from folding, a little soiling along folds. The first six sheets each contain four color illustrations with pagination); the final sheet contains the last two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes. The Notice Board is still present on the illustration on p. 14, indicating the sheets were printed in either July or October, 1909 (before the third printing).

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POTTER, BEATRIX. Complete set of 7 uncut proof sheets for the color illustrations and cover labels for regular and deluxe cloth copies of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. London: Edmund Evans, Ltd. [imprint on final sheet], n.d. [1909]. 292 x 216 mm. (11½ x 8½ in.), creased from folding, a little soiling along folds. The first six sheets each contain four color illustrations with pagination); the final sheet contains the last two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes. The Notice Board is still present on the illustration on p. 14, indicating the sheets were printed in either July or October, 1909 (before the third printing).

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