Reineke Fuchs in Zwolf Gesangen

Leipzig: A. H. Payne, 1878, circa. Hardbound. Deep purple cloth with 3/4 leather and 5 raised bands, all edges marbled, 151pp, 37 BW plates. VG-, some rubbing wear to the leather spine and tooling, only one corner bumped, some very low relief indentations on edges of boards, one repair mark to ffe marbling, very little foxing on some pages, generally clean and sturdily bound. In amazing shape for the age. Item #128444

Text is in German. Twelve songs of Reynard the Fox. A rare copy of the book, and in fantastic shape. Engravings are by Heinrich Leutemann, the German artist and book illustrator. The detail and feeling in the plates are amazing, and each one can draw you in and keep you enthralled. A great addition to any library.

Price: $700.00

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