Item
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)
- 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
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books