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173913984Amsterdam: Renard 1739. Copper-engraved sea chart with full orginal colour in very good condition. A highly decorative sea chart of the English Channel by the master-engraver Renard.<br/> <br/>The marine atlases of 17th and 18th century Holland were best sellers. The nation that led the world in overseas commerce also led in the arts of engraving and cartography. Plus there was a large audience of mariners and mariners' parents who needed to study the obscure straits and recently discovered island groups their sons were seeing. Louis Renard 1678-1746 was from a Huguenot family. He moved from France to the Netherlands and became a book dealer and publisher in Amsterdam in 1703. Louis Renard first published Atlas de la Navigation et du Commerce qui se fait dans toutes les parties du monde in 1715. It was re-issued unchanged by the Ottens in 1739. The charts were printed from plates made by Frederick de Wit in 1675 Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas. These were corrected by Renard using primarily van Keulen.<br/> <br/>Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici Ren 1. Renard unknown books
177768985London:: T. Cadell 1777. old full sheep rebacked with new leather spine. . Old ink signature and medical society stamp on title page; some occasional staining to text; bookplate and markings on endsheets; binding worn at edges but sound. 8vo. T. Cadell, hardcover
178835128London, John Stockdale, 1788. Later full cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut frontispiece (Lords of Commons) and with a fox. (4),XVII,74 pp. At p. 68 a large woodcut ""The revolution Pillar 1788"" with a hanged fox.
1788329274London : printed for John Stockdale opposite Burlington House Piccadilly 1788. 1st edition. Softcover. Disbound as issued. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright and clean. Physical description: 8 74 6 pages: ill. Notes: With three final advertisement leaves. Subjects: Fox Charles James 1749-1806.Great Britain. Parliament Jurisdiction. Great Britain. Jurisdiction. Great Britain Politics and government 1760-1789. London : printed for John Stockdale, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly paperback
178835128London John Stockdale 1788. Later full cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut frontispiece Lords of Commons and with a fox. 4XVII74 pp. At p. 68 a large woodcut "The revolution Pillar 1788" with a hanged fox. hardcover
170660142London: T. Sowle. 1090 pages plus index; 4to about 12 3/8" tall. Very worn full leather covers with chipped edges on front cover front held on by single thread back hinge broken and cover held on tightly by all five threads threads spine missing large piece at top and chipped at bottom missing title page owner names paper foxed and lightly browned text block good. Photographs happily provided upon request. . Poor. Full Leather. First edition. 1706. T. Sowle hardcover
1790200098AG1790. London John Deeley c.1790. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 61 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame Size: 77 cm x 63 cm. In very good- condition. Minor abrasion with slight tear to upper part of engraving. A wonderful scene by John Nost Sartorius illustrating a late 18th century British fox hunt in rich clear engravings by J. Neagle and J. Peltro. Plate IV shows the bad/good culmination of the hunt one's opinion depending on whose side one takes - the hunters or the hunted as the team of riders and excited hounds have captured the fox. The differing expressions on the riders' faces are fascinating. The accompanying lines of verse from William Somerville's 'The Chase' 1735 read as follows: "A chosen few / Alone the sport enjoy nor droop beneath / Their pleasing toils. The unerring hounds / With peals of echoing vengeance close pursue. / Listen! now they are at him again. Now Reynard / Look to yourself. It is just up with him. / What a crash they make; the whole wood resounds. / That turn was very short. There now; / Aye; now they have him. Who-hoop. Further inscription reads: 'To Charles Boldero Esqr of Aspeden Hall Herts. This Print is dedicated by his much obliged and obedient Servant John Harris.' John Nost Sartorius 17551828 was an English painter of horses horse-racing and hunting scenes. He is considered the best-known and prolific of the Sartorius family of artists. Wikipedia unknown
1790200097AG1790. London John Deeley c.1790. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 61 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame Size: 77 cm x 63 cm. In very good condition. Some minor traces of browning and paper imperfections to outer margins only. A wonderful scene by John Nost Sartorius illustrating a late 18th century British fox hunt in rich clear engravings by J. Neagle and J. Peltro. Plate III shows the beginning of the hunt as the team of riders and hounds have lost the scent. The lines of verse from William Somerville's 'The Chase' 1735 read as follows: "Here Huntsman from the height / Observe you Birds of prey; if I can judge / 'Tis there the villain lurks; they hover round / And claim him as their own. / Was I not right / See! there he creeps along: Ha! yet he flies / Nor yields to black despair but one loose more / And all his wiles are vain." Further inscription reads: 'To William Bowman Esqr of Clapton. This Print from the original Picture in his Poessession is most respectfully Inscribed by his much obliged and obedient Servant John Harris.' John Nost Sartorius 17551828 was an English painter of horses horse-racing and hunting scenes. He is considered the best-known and prolific of the Sartorius family of artists. Wikipedia unknown
17911909070003Florence: Niccolo Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi 1791 & 1795 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A Monumental Work of 18th century Italian engraving 2 volumes. Large folios 51 x 35 cm 19 3/4 x 13 in. 1st edition. Bound in contemporary 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Some cover wear. Rear joint of v.1 cracked. Hinges of v. 2 cracked. Text in Italian and French printed in parallel columns. Collation: v.1 Engraved title frontispiece 64 leaves 60 plates. v.2 Engraved title 62 leaves 60 plates. Many of the plates are printed in colored ink: siena shades of brown or green and blue. 120 artists' portraits. <br> A gorgeous and large format work on Tuscan painting beginning with Guido da Siena and considering all the great painters of Florence such as Buffalmaco Cimabue Giotto Paolo Uccello Andrea Verrocchio Masaccio Fra fifilppo Lippi Andrea del Castagno Pollaiolo Botticelli Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Andrea del Sarto Antonio Tempesta Giuseppe Grisoni etc. Carlo Lasinio 1759-1838 was responsible for many of the engravings. Other engravers included: Giovanni Francisco Ravenet Marco Lastri Giuseppe Bardi Niccolo Pagni Matteo Carboni Ferdinando Gregori Gaetano Vascellini and Cosomo Colombini. <br> Refs: "Pregevole opera" Cicognara 3387. Cohen-Ricci 366. Thieme-Becker XXII 404. Brunet II 1095. Graesse II 509. Moreni I 509: "Ciascuno di questi volumi racchiude 60 articoli di notizie di altrettanti pittori toscani scritti in italiano da M.L. promotore di questa eccellente impresa e tradotti in francese da Bartolomeo Renard. Ognuno di essi ha una stampa incisa in rame scelta dalle Opere le piu stimate di quel pittore." <br> Armorial bookplates of Paul Beilby Thompson 1784-1852. Thompson was a Whig MP for Wenlock and East Riding; later made a Baron. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Florence: Niccolo Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1791 & 1795 hardcover
1715M4877Amsterdam 1715. Excellent. Size : 495x570 mm 19.5x22.375 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: ; Maps Central America unknown
1745253456London 1745. unbound. 1 page 4.75 x 7.25 inches London February 6 1745 -- the lower half of an Exchequer receipt but complete in itself in part: ".the like sum.lent upon Credit of the said act and paid of his Majesty's Exchequer the said Sixth Day of February 1745 as by a Tally bearing Date the same Day appears: And these together with his or his Assigns Acquittance shall be your Discharge herein." Boldly signed by Henry Fox George Lyttelton and Richard Arundell as the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. All three of these men would eventually be knighted. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> British politician and Secretary of War best remembered for dispatching a large military force under the command of General Braddock to America with the intention of driving the French out of Ohio. Better known as the French and Indian War the expedition culminated into the annihilation of the General and most of his forces July 1755. This event would have everlasting consequences for both Britain and the American Colonies as it would cost Fox the office of Prime Minister and also launch the military career of Braddock%u2019s youngest officer George Washington.<br/> <br/> unknown
1745253456London 1745. unbound. 1 page 4.75 x 7.25 inches London February 6 1745 -- the lower half of an Exchequer receipt but complete in itself in part: ".the like sum.lent upon Credit of the said act and paid of his Majesty's Exchequer the said Sixth Day of February 1745 as by a Tally bearing Date the same Day appears: And these together with his or his Assigns Acquittance shall be your Discharge herein." Boldly signed by Henry Fox George Lyttelton and Richard Arundell as the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. All three of these men would eventually be knighted. Very good condition.<br/><br/> British politician and Secretary of War best remembered for dispatching a large military force under the command of General Braddock to America with the intention of driving the French out of Ohio. Better known as the French and Indian War the expedition culminated into the annihilation of the General and most of his forces July 1755. This event would have everlasting consequences for both Britain and the American Colonies as it would cost Fox the office of Prime Minister and also launch the military career of Braddock%u2019s youngest officer George Washington.<br/><br/> unknown books
17974386Bristol Bristol Printed by Bulgin and Rosser 1797. 1797 8vo. 4 xl 276 p. List of Subscribers. Contemporary half russia with marbled boards. A little shelf wear to corners. Rebacked with the original spine re-laid. Spine gilt in panels between raised bands. Old shelfmark at the foot of the spine and a small blind stamp at the head of the title page. Paper browned in signature X. A very good copy. Despite the wording of the title the poems are original work by Fox not translations. Bristol, Bristol, Printed by Bulgin and Rosser, hardcover
1754ABC_46313Amsterdam: Reinier & Josua Ottens 1754. Contemporary calf richly-gold tooled spine and bords green morocco spine label with title in gold decorated edges marbled endpapers. Preserved in a professionally made black cloth box with a black morocco spine label with the author title and imprint in gold. Folio. Title-page in red and black a divisional-title for each volume and 100 engraved plates numbered 1-43 & I-LVII no. LVII folding vividly hand-coloured as published showing 460 fishes and other marine animals. 2 volumes bound as 1. Renard's famous but rare work noted for the spectacular imagery of colourful but also bizarre tropical fishes crabs and lobsters from the Indo-Pacific being the first colour-plated fish book here in its rare second edition. The book contains 100 plates with 460 originally and extraordinary hand-coloured copper engravings divided over two volumes with their own half-title 'Histoire naturelle des plus rare curiositez de la mer des Indes' of 415 fishes 41 crustaceans two stick insects a dugong and even a mermaid all living in the Indian Ocean between the East Indies. Sometimes the descriptions specifically refer to fishes of some islands in the East Indies as Ambon the Moluccas or Buton but they also contain references to the "fishes of the Antilles Brazil" Sabin and Mauritius. The illustrations in the first volume seems to be quite realistic in contrast to those in the second volume which are sometimes quite surreal which is even more emphasized by the short anecdotical and highly entertaining descriptions.The Amsterdam publisher and bookseller Louis Renard compiled this collection of ichtyological illustrations by copying the sets of drawings which were brought to Amsterdam by Frederik Julius Coyett the son of the governor and ambassador of Ambon and Banda Balthasar Coyett. The drawings in the first part were copied after the collection of Balthasar Coyett. The illustrations in the second part were copied by Samuel Fallours a soldier in the service of the Dutch East India Company who started drawing marine life in the East Indies for the governors after those in the collection of Andriaen van der Stel governor of the Moluccas.The book shows marine life in the East Indies and the Indo-Pacific when Europe knew very little on this subject there. Because of the brilliant colours fantastic shapes and the described habits of its subjects the work however was often dismissed in its own time as fantasy. Nevertheless Renard's Poissons ecrevisses et crabes is nowadays still one of the rarest and most magnificent ichtyological works being the first colour-plated fish book and a highly interesting scientific effort to represent the Indo-Pacific maritime life mixed with flights of fantasy.Spine and joints professionally restored preliminaries a little foxed some minor browning especially in volume 1 but overall in good condition with brightly coloured plates. One of 35 known copies of a rare ichthyological work.l Landwehr Coloured plates 159; Nissen ZBI 3361; Nissen Schone Fischbucher 103; Sabin 69600; cf. Grace Costantino Renard's book of fantastical fish 2016 on https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org; Julie Gardham Louis Renard: Poissons ecrevisses et crabes 2002 on www.gla.ac.uk; Theodore W. Pietsch Fishes crayfishes and crabs . 1995 pp. 22-26. Reinier & Josua Ottens, hardcover
1792016736London: Published by the Defendant. Printed for J. Johnson 1792. FIRST EDITION first printing. Full early 20th century black cloth with red calf leather label on the spine with gilt lettering the label is worn and chipped along the edge. New endpapers. Title page adhearded to the endpaper. No half title not issued. Issued on laid paper a few pages have marginal light stain spots. Otherwise very clean. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. A good gift. John Horne Tooke June 25 1736 March 18 1812 was an English politician and philologist. Born John Horne he adopted the name Tooke in 1782 after being designated heir to the estate of a rich friend William Tooke. He became 1760 an Anglican priest but soon abandoned his clerical duties for politics. He was a strong supporter of John Wilkes until 1771 when he broke with him and founded the Constitutional Society to promote parliamentary reform and support for the American colonists. He was fined and imprisoned 1778 for attempting to raise funds to aid the victims of the government "murder" at Lexington and Concord. In 1794 in a period of repression of radical agitation Tooke was tried for treason but acquitted. In 1801 he was elected to Parliament but in the same year the government passed an act specifically directed against him that disqualified clergy from sitting in the House of Commons. Tooke's later years were devoted to literary pursuits. His Epea Pteroenta or the Diversions of Purley 1786-1805 was an early attempt at scientific language study. . First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Published by the Defendant. Printed for J. Johnson Hardcover
1756581881756. Disp. chir. 5/135-137. - Hrsg. v. Albrecht v. Haller. - Lausannae Sumptibus Marci-Michael Bousquet & Socior 1756 4° pp.171-194 1 Kupferstichtafel Rückenbroschur. Zweiter Abdruck ! Praeses : Claud. Antonio Renard Resp. : Le Thieullier Ludoviens Petrus Felix Renatus Augustin Friedrich Walther "Anatom wurde am 26. October 1688 in Wittenberg geboren. Seine medicinischen Studien machte er seit 1705 an den Universitäten zu Wittenberg und Jena unternahm 1709 eine größere wissenschaftliche Reise die ihn nach Holland und England führte erlangte nach seiner Rückkehr 1711 in Wittenberg die philosophische 1712 die medicinische Doctorwürde und habilitirte sich 1713 als Docent an der Universität zu Leipzig. Hier wurde er nach einander 1723 Professor der Anatomie und Chirurgie 1730 Director des botanischen Gartens 1732 Physicus der Stadt Leipzig und Professor der Pathologie 1737 Professor der Therapie. In letztgenannter Stellung wirkte er bis zu seinem nach langem schwerem Leiden am 12. Octbr. 1746 erfolgten Lebensende. Walther hat sich um die Universität Leipzig durch Ueberlassung eines werthvollen Theils seiner eigenen Bibliothek an die Universitätsbibliothek sowie durch Stiftung eines ansehnlichen Stipendiums für Medicinstudirende verdient gemacht. Er war ein beliebter Arzt und Lehrer und hat eine außerordentlich fruchtbare schriftstellerische Thätigkeit auf den verschiedensten Gebieten der Heilkunde entfaltet. Wichtig sind namentlich seine Leistungen für die Erweiterung unserer anatomischen Kenntnisse hinsichtlich der Muskel- und Gefäßlehre. Seine Untersuchungen über den Bau der Herzohren über die Ausführungsgänge der Unterzungendrüsen über den Bau des Trommelfells haben zum Theil einen Umschwung der früheren Anschauungen herbeigeführt. Ein Theil der hierauf bezüglichen Abhandlungen die zumeist als akademische Gelegenheitsschriften erschienen sind von Haller in seinen Disputationes anatomicae I-VI in den Disputationes ad morb. hist. III und den Disputationes chirurgicae abgedruckt. Andere Arbeiten Walther's beziehen sich auf Gegenstände aus den Gebieten der Botanik Physiologie allgemeinen Pathologie inneren Medicin und Chirurgie. Wir nennen nur die Titel folgender Schriften nach Winter's Bearbeitung in der unten bezeichneten Quelle: "De usu et praestantia solidoris in anatomicis scientiae" 1723; "Uterus gravidarum" 1723; "De loto aegyptiaca in nummis antiquis" 1746; "De silphio in veterum nummis ac diversis plantarum speciebus" 1746. Folgende Abhandlungen Walther's sind in den Acta eruditorum enthalten: "Sacroceles eximiae historia" 1725; "Descriptio penis monstrosi" 1729; "Anatome duorum herniosorum" 1731." Julius Pagel ADB XLI 1896 p. 96 Arteries Ligature of unknown
178124989[1781]. Grande feuille avec marges conservées ; rousseurs, principalement en bord mais atteignant le sujet tout de même (voir image). Format de la feuille: 53 x 34 cm. / de la cuvette: 40 x 28 cm.
1784TH256London: J. STOCKDALE 1784. Second Edition . Hardback. Vg. small 4to. from the passing of the Quebec Act in the year 1774 down to the present time. With a copious index to the whole and an address to the public. BOUND WITH .viii 92 index x ads ii pp engraved frontis. portraits of the three Lacking a half-title page and cropped top-margin to the title page but no loss to the text; BOUND WITH The Deformities of Fox and Burke Faithfully Selected from their Speeches. Together with authentic copies of the addresses presented to the King's Most Excellent Majesty on the rejection of the East India Bill introduced by Mr. Fox and the Dismission of the late Administration from his Majestie's Councils Frotispiece engraving of three writers with a chained lion. viii 68pp .BOUND WITH A PROSPECTUS for the volumes vii index. advert i pp with a drop-head title. Original half calf with marbled boards. Polished calf spine with raised bands. COMPLILED BY GEORGE CHALMERS. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> J. STOCKDALE hardcover
1734916P36London: T. and J. Egerton 1734-84. Leather. Good. 8" by 4.5". Not Stated. A very scarce political satire by Charles James Fox bound with four poems by Jonathan Swift. A very scarce work.The second edition.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece depicting Charles James Fox.A political satire by Charles James Fox writing under the pseudonym 'Carlo Reynardo'. This work satrisies the contemporary government with reference to Fox himself Edmund Burke and Fox's great rival William Pitt the Younger who was Prime Minister at the time of this publication.This copy is also bound with pages 1 to 23 of 'A New Miscellany For the Year 1734' the first part only containing Jonathan Swift's poetry. This contains 'An Epistle to a Lady' 'On Reading Dr. Young's Satires Called the Universal Passion' 'On Poetry; a Rhapsody' and 'On the Words Brother-Protestants and Fellow-Christians'. Bound without the title page.Bound without the half-title.An interesting piece of political satire insightful of the state of politics under George III and William Pitt the Younger. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small tear to the head of the front joint. A few light marks to the boards and spine a little heavier to the head of the front joint. Light dampstain to the front joint. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Bound without the half-title to the first work and the title page of the second work. Good T. and J. Egerton hardcover
177921871London: G. Kearsley Fleet Street 1779. 96 1 56 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later quarter red morocco and boards. Upper board loose some contemporary notes in ink. 96 1 56 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Bill would disallow the adulterer from marrying the person with whom he or she had been adulterous with. Bound in with another incomplete work lacking the first gathering but by the same publisher with ads at the end. Drop title is "The Picture Gallery G. Kearsley, Fleet Street unknown books
177928070London: G. Kearsly 1779. Fifth edition improved and corrected with upwards of 50 additional illustrations and explanatory remarks. 4to pp. 6 5-56. Bound without the half-title in new boards and end papers small paper repair at the bottom of the title-page. A fine clean copy. The British Mueum attributes this to Shute Barrington the Bishop of Landaff; however the NYPL copy has a MSS note suggesting the author is Charles Fox a more likely candidate. Not in Halkett and Lainge. The lady president of this "mock meeting " is Aa BAss Cs late Ma ss of Cn. known as AmeIia Baroness Conyers Late Marchioness of Carmarthen who eloped from her husband with a John Byron who with his second wife was the parent of Lord Byron. Parliament granted her husband a divorce in May 1779. In reading through the Parliamentary debates for 1779 we find a dismayed Bishop introducing a bill to discourage adultery: i.e. attempting to prevent the adulterer read woman from marrying her lover. Citing the increase in the number of divorces in this recent reign the Bishop calls upon the Parliament to punish such behavior before the entire social fabric unravels. During the discussion in the House of Commons Charles Fox vehemently opposes this bill calling it "unequal unjust and tyrannical." In this marvelous scathing tract the titled ladies discuss their marriages perceptions of their lords and power and in the final vote recollecting an incident from Don Quixote decide to toss the Bishop about in a blanket. It seems highly unlikely that the conservative Bishop would have had such a laugh at his own expense. On a more serious note this is an important look at the state of marriage and divorce during the late 18th century in England. G. Kearsly unknown books
177621033H. Trapp No. I Paternoster Row 1776. 2 works in 1 vol. folio with 2 copper-engraved portrait frontispieces engraved and printed titles and 38 fine copper-engraved plates some mild offsetting and age-staining as usual; contemporary full calf back with six raised bands ruled in blind second compartment with red leather label lettered and tooled in gilt label worn without loss of lettering boards moderately age-scuffed and worn board edges and corners worn and bruised joints cracked but all cords and binding entirely sound a remarkably well-preserved crisp clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. The 'Life' is complete with frontispiece and 9 plates; the 'Lives' complete with frontispiece and 29 plates. Small unobtrusive repair to bottom blank margin of Q1; p.285 of the 'Life'; wrongly numbered 286 as usual; p.345 of the 'Lives' wrongly numbered 348 as usual. AN UNUSUALLY CLEAN SOUND AND COMPLETE COPY OF A HANDSOME AND GRAPHIC EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EDITION IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED CONTEMPORARY BINDING. H. Trapp, No. I Paternoster Row, hardcover
17768496London. H. Trapp. 1776. Bound in full calfskin over boards. Gilt titled morocco labels. Thick Folio 10" x 13.5". Illustrated with 30 of 39 full page copper plate engravings graphically depicting the implements and means of heinous torture. This volume rebacked in contemporary calf with original morocco label laid-on. Original period boards well scuffed scratched and darkened but presents a natural and quite attractive ambiance. Various foxing and mild offset throughout. Although most plates quite crisp and clean. One plate with water stain to margin only. Several pages chipped at margin. Some text pages professionally restored. All in all a Very crisp Very Good copy. H. Trapp. hardcover
17768496London. H. Trapp. 1776. Bound in full calfskin over boards. Gilt titled morocco labels. Thick Folio 10" x 13.5". Illustrated with 30 of 39 full page copper plate engravings graphically depicting the implements and means of heinous torture. This volume rebacked in contemporary calf with original morocco label laid-on. Original period boards well scuffed scratched and darkened but presents a natural and quite attractive ambiance. Various foxing and mild offset throughout. Although most plates quite crisp and clean. One plate with water stain to margin only. Several pages chipped at margin. Some text pages professionally restored. All in all a Very crisp Very Good copy. H. Trapp. hardcover books
17016399London: T. Ilive 1701. Early English editions. Bound together with:<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> And:<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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
