The rare romance of Reynard the Fox, the crafty courtier : together with the Shifts of his son Reynardine : in words of one syllable / by Samuel Phillips Day ; with coloured illustrations.

Author
Day, Samuel Phillips [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Third ed.
Published/​Created
London ; Paris ; New York : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, [not after 1879] (London : Cassell, Petter and Galpin ; Belle Sauvage Works)
Description
  • [2], [viii], [9]-221, [1], [4] p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
  • 221, 16 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Illustrator
Publisher
Printer
Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Notes
  • Dated from insription in Cotsen copy; Cassell's Paris office opened in 1871, thus providing the earliest pub. date for 3rd. ed. (4th ed. dated 1881 in OCLC).
  • Cotsen copy: Inscribed on front free endpaper "George Curtis, from his father, Christmas, 1879."
  • T.p. revised and varies from earlier eds.
  • Includes publisher's advertisements on [4] p at end, which include Cassell's Paris office at foot; coded with pub. inventory no. 7A174.
  • Text of both works in words of one syllable, with longer names hyphenated into syllables.
  • Color-printed (Baxter process?) frontis. depicting "The Fox Made Knight" and 5 similarly-colored leaves throughout the text, with those facing pp. 25 & 154 signed by Griset, who is generally credited.
Binding note
Pub. rust cloth bds., upper cover and spine gilt-stamped with decorative title and black-stamped with patterned design, and lower cover black-stamped with frame; beveled edges.
Contents
  • The rare romance of Reynard the Fox
  • The shifts of Reynardine, son of Reynard the Fox.
Other title(s)
  • Reynard the Fox
  • Roman de Renart. English
  • Shifts of Reynardine, son of Reynard the fox
OCLC
1340465003
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