Author: REYNARD THE FOX - J.E. HARTMANN
Title: Reintje de Vos. Freely retold by J.E.Hartmann and translated fr. the german by S.J. van den Bergh. 2e druk. (2nd. edn.).
Description: Utrecht, Van der Post, s.n.[c.1880]. thick 12°. orig. green embossed cloth, Reynard the Fox embossed in relief in centre of upper boards, within a richly gilt decorative border, decorative gilt tooled spine with title in gilt lettering. Hftitle(verso blank). (vii), 376pp. frontisp.(steel-engraving), 36 other steel-engraved plates, all with tissue-guards preserved, after original drawings by Heinrich Leutemann. The classical medieval epic story of Reynard the Fox. A very nice and richly illustrated edn. (spine skilfully rebacked, faded, some occas. light dust-soiling to upper margins, some occas. small brown spots on versos of plates(blanks).

Keywords: literature/reynard