1895 Reynard the Fox 1st Summerly Reineke Fuchs Frank Calderon ART Fine BINDING

1895 Reynard the Fox 1^st Summerly Reineke Fuchs Frank Calderon ART Fine BINDING

Reynard the Fox has been a staple of fairy tale lore for centuries, with many countries, such as German, France, and other Low Countries, claiming the honor of his ‘birth-place.’ Told as a brute-epic, this tale of cunning mischief was finally written and printed during the late 15^th– and early 16^th-centuries. In fact, some scholars believe the origins of Reynard to have come from the 9^th-century!

This edition of “Reynard” follows Felix Summerly’s (or Henry Cole’s) adaptation of the famed children’s story. It includes numerous in-text and full-page engravings of anthropomorphic animals done by Frank Calderon.

Item number: #28310

Price: $599

COLE, Henry

The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox

London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First Calderon edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xxxvii, [1], 260, [4]
  • Illustrated throughout
    • 10 full-page plates
    • Dozens of in-text illustrations
  • Provenance: Handwritten – Paul Scribner
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; secure
    • Decorative dark green cloth
  • Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm)

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