Beatrix Potter; Victorine Ballon [trans.]; Julienne Profichet [trans.] — Histoire de Pierre Lapin

London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1921 . Hardback. A scarce early French language edition of one of the most popular children's works ever published, Beatrix Potter's 'Peter Rabbit&apos. A scarce early French language edition of Potter's classic, translated into English by Victorine Ballon and Julienne Profichet.Illustrated with colour endpapers, a colour frontispiece, and twenty-seven further plates, all by Potter herself. Collated, complete.An early French edition, identified via the endpapers matching those used for 'Johnny Town Mouse' in 1918 [Linder Design 6], but with two additional illustrations not present in the first French edition.Potter's beloved tale of Peter Rabbit, following the young Peter as he is chased through Mr. McGregor's garden.An initial French translation had been under consideration since as early as 1907, but Beatrix Potter was unhappy with the version then proposed; in 1912 three further translators were approached by Warne, and of the translations supplied Potter felt that the one by Victorine Ballon was the most suitable. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, rebacked with paper. Pictorial onlay to front board. Light tide marks to boards. Hinges strained, and slightly tender. Internally, binding lightly strained. Pages bright, with the odd handling mark to first and last few leaves, but otherwise clean. Good . Ill.: Beatrix Potter. Good .