The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox :. newly corrected and purged, from all grossness in phrase and matter. Augmented and enlarged with sundry excellent morals and expositions upon every several chapter. To which may now be added a second part of the said history as also the shifts of Reynardine the son of Reynard the Fox together with his life and death &c.
Category
Books
Date
c. 1676 - c. 1694
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3204793.2
Summary
Item 2 of 3
Bibliographic description
[160] p. :. ill. ; 4to. Bound with "The pleasant history of Cawwood the Rooke" and "A continuation of the ... history of Reynard the Fox". Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate, lettered: "Calke Abbey Library" [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt (1795-1844) or his son Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt (1824-1886)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf, single gilt fillet forming a border. Sewn on recessed cords, five small raised bands. Gilt panel tooling on spine. Red leater spine labels, lettered in gilt: "Cawwood the rooke" "& Reynard the Fox".