Lot 1503
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Reynaert den Vos, oft Der dieren oordeel. In het welck door koninck Lion ende sijne heeren, de schalckheyt van Reynaert den Vos wort ondersocht ende geoordeelt. ‘t Verhael seer genuechelijck/ ende profijtighe morale beditselen mede-brengende.
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Lot description
Antwerp, J. van Soest, 1755
4to: 64 pp. (toned, some def. to title with loss of a few letters on verso).
Contemp. limp vellum (wrinkled, loosening, sm. def.). Complete copy.
Extr. rare later ed. of the "Southern" tradition of the Dutch Reynaert chapbook. Woodcut on title and 27 woodcuts in text (incl. repeats) after Chr. Jeger and E. Quellijn jr. Printed in 2 col., in Gothic type.
Ref. Menke (Bibl. Reinardiana) IV.39 (only 4 copies). - Landwehr F-198. - Anet (1: EHC, lacking D4-5). - Not in STCV.
Prov. Old names inside cover.
Joined: Geschiedenis van Reinaert de Vos. Turnhout, Historische Drukkerij, [ca. 2010]. (Centsprenten; nr. 2). Broadsheet. 12 woodcuts with rhyming Dutch quatrains. No. 15/75. (2 vol.)