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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

1701réf. AQ33150London: Printed by T. Ilive for Edward Brewster 1701. 160pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC T60836. Bound with: The Most Pleasant and Delightful history of reynard the fox. The second part. London. Printed by A. M. and R. R. for Edward Brewster 1681. 112pp. ESTC R218371 Wing M2912. And: The shifts of reynardine The son of Reynard the Fox Or a Pleasant history of his life and death. London. Printed by Thomas James for Edward Brewster 1684. 8 160pp. ESTC R40614 Wing S3426. Quarto. Text predominantly black letter with headlines and side notes in roman and italic. Modern blind-ruled chestnut morocco lettered in gilt to spine. Very occasional minute marginal worm-tracks scattered spotting naive marginal paper repairs to title page and first mentioned and terminal leaf of final mentioned work. Reynard the Fox 'hero of several medieval European cycles of versified animal tales that satirize contemporary human society. Though Reynard is sly amoral cowardly and self- seeking he is still a sympathetic hero whose cunning is a necessity for survival. He symbolizes the triumph of craft over brute strength usually personified by Isengrim the greedy and dull-witted wolf.The main literary tradition of Reynard the Fox descends from the extant French 'branches' of the Roman de Renart about 30 in number nearly 40000 lines of verse. The facetious portrayal of rustic life the camel as a papal legate speaking broken French the animals riding on horses and recounting elaborate dreams all suggest the atmosphere of 13th-century France' Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. ESTC R35186. Quarto. Printed by T. Ilive, for Edward Brewster unknown

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The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox

1701réf. 6399London: T. Ilive 1701. Early English editions. Bound together with: The Most Pleasant and Delightful History of Reynard the Fox. The Second Part. Containing Much Matter of Pleasure and Content. Written For the Delight of young Men Pleasure of the Aged and Profit of all. To which is added many Excellent Morals. London: Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Edward Brewster 1681. And: The Shifts of Reynardine The Son of Reynard the Fox Or a Pleasant History of His Life and Death. Full of Variety &c. And may fitly be applied to the Late Times. Now Published for the Reformation of Mens Manners. London: Printed by T.J. for Edward Brewster and Thomas Passenger 1684. Three parts in one small quarto volume 7 5/16 x 5 9/16 inches; 186 x 141 mm. 156 2 table of contents 2 publisher's advertisements; 111 1 publisher's advertisements; 8 160 pp. Mostly black letter with titles and side notes in roman letter. Sixty-two woodcuts in the first part printed from thirty-nine blocks and fifteen woodcuts in the second part five repeated all repeats from the first part. Most cuts signed "E.B." Edward Brewster. Woodcut on C1 recto Part I printed upside down. Some browning occasional light damp staining and soiling. Part I with tiny puncture marks in the lower blank margin through gathering I just touching one letter in the imprint on the title-page six small holes in I3 and one tiny hole in I4 causing loss of a couple of letters. Part III with paper flaw in the upper blank corner of A3 and A4 tiny tear 1/4 inch in the lower blank margin of F4 and paper flaw in the lower blank corner of I2 none affecting text. Contemporary sprinkled sheep. Covers ruled and decoratively tooled in blind spine decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with two red morocco gilt lettering labels. Some expert restoration to joints and corners. Armorial bookplate of Gloucester on front free endpaper. Bookplate of Hugh Cecil Lowther 5th Earl of Lonsdale 1857-1944 on front pastedown his sale 12 July 1937 lot 445. An excellent copy. Housed in a felt-lined quarter brown morocco clamshell case spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Reynard the Fox "hero of several medieval European cycles of versified animal tales that satirize contemporary human society. Though Reynard is sly amoral cowardly and self-seeking he is still a sympathetic hero whose cunning is a necessity for survival. He symbolizes the triumph of craft over brute strength usually personified by Isengrim the greedy and dull-witted wolf. . The main literary tradition of Reynard the Fox descends from the extant French 'branches' of the Roman de Renart about 30 in number nearly 40000 lines of verse. The facetious portrayal of rustic life the camel as a papal legate speaking broken French the animals riding on horses and recounting elaborate dreams all suggest the atmosphere of 13th-century France" Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. There is some variation in chapter number within the early editions: From "Caxton's first edition 1481 to Thomas Gaultier's only edition 1550 the story is divided into 43 chapters" while the anonymous edition 1560-1585 has 58 chapters Varty. By the 17th century when the text is titled The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox it appears with only 25 chapters and maintains its image cycle. Early 17th century editions also maintained this "picture cycle" through Edward Brewster's 1662 edition but at this point the Wynkyn de Worde blocks were extremely worn and new set was created Varty. Forty images were used for his second edition 1671 and all contain his initials EB. "He published further illustrated editions in 1676 1681 1694 and 1701. in 1672 he grafted new life onto the old story with A Continuation Or Second Part of the Most Pleasant and Delightful History of Reynard the Fox" Varty for which he eventually created an additional 15 illustrations. In 1684 he would produce an additional sequel following the adventures of Reynard's son Reynardine. Brunet IV cols. 1228-1229. Lowndes p. 2076. Varty Appendix Three: "A Short-Title List of All Extant Illustrated Histories of Reynard the Fox from Wynkyn de Worde c. 1495 to A. Soulby c. 1800 which are kept in United Kingdom libraries based on H. Menke Bibliotheca Reinardiana" 24 18 and 21. Wing S3512 Part II and S3436 Part III. T. Ilive unknown

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The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox. Newly corrected and purged.

1701réf. 22642London 1701. 4to. Thomas Ilive for Edward Brewster Late-18th-century sprinkled calf sewn on 5 cords 3 attached to the boards and 2 cut short gold double fillets blind-tooled board edges red morocco spine label in 2nd of 6 compartments red sprinkled edges. With woodcut of King Lion's court on the title page 61 woodcuts in text of part 1 including 23 repeats all signed Edward Brewster and all half-page 7.5 x 10.5 cm to nearly full-page 13 x 9.5 cm and 15 woodcuts in part 2 all repeated from part 1. Further with a large woodcut decorated initial in part 3 and decorations built up from cast fleurons in parts 1 and 2. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic including Moxon's 1669 Canon roman on the title-page of part 3. 3 parts in 1 volume. 160; 112; 4 160 pp. One of the rare sets of all 3 parts of the English Reynard the Fox the third part here in its first edition. The Reynard stories were already established as a coherent collection in the 12th century and were first printed in 1479 in a Dutch prose edition. They became especially well known when translated into English and adapted for Caxton's 1481 edition in 43 chapters. The publisher Edward Alde in London began work on an extensive revision of Caxton's text with many new additions but he published only the first part probably in 1620 the first edition of the present part 1 containing 25 chapters some corresponding with chapters in Caxton's edition and some not. Although the second part would have to wait 52 years the first part quickly became the standard English version of the Reynard the Fox stories with 8 editions from 1620 to 1671. Its language was modernized giving both a view of the stories as they were known through most of two centuries and insights into English values and culture of the time. In 1684 Brewster added the present first edition of part 3 giving the adventures of Reynard's son Reynardine.With 20th-century woodcut bookplate. The woodcut on C1 of part 1 is printed upside down. In good condition with parts 2 and 3 slightly browned. One front endleaf is detached the spine slightly damaged at the head and the front hinge cracked.l Ebert II 18879; ESTC T60836 R218371 R40614; Kirmse 15; Menke V B c note on pp. 221-222 nos. 35 29 30; Wing S3512 S3436 parts 1-2; not in Prien. hardcover