Reynard the Fox After the German Version of Goethe

Title

en_US Reynard the Fox After the German Version of Goethe

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US #3 of 400 printed for America

en_US Thomas James Arnold

Creator

en_US Arnold, Thomas James See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Von Kaulbach, Wilhelm

Date

2016-12-01T20:16:36Z

en_US 2016-08

en_US 1887

Date Available

2016-12-01T20:16:36Z

Date Issued

en_US 1887

Abstract

en_US This is a lovely "Reynard," with the illustrations after Kaulbach and the twelve additional plates by Joseph Wolf. I prefer the former to the latter, which are listed on vii. This is a large (8" x 10½") and heavy volume. For me the most distinctive feature is the gold and black embossed cover illustration of Reynard at his most leisurely and lascivious, taken from the Kaulbach illustration on 33. Fable illustrations in this volume include "The Horse, the Wolf, and Writing on the Horse's Shoe" (211); "The Ass and the Dog" (265); WC (269); and "The Fox and the Wolf in the Well" (294). I do not completely understand the origin of the book. I would guess that Ballantyne Press in Edinburgh printed 400 copies specifically for Roberts Brothers and USA distribution and then hand-numbered some of those copies. The book once belonged to Orlando Fleming Barnes.

Identifier

en_US 10961 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/107691

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Roberts Brothers

en_US Great Britain

Subject

en_US PT2026.R3A6 1887 See all items with this value

en_US Reynard See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole