Reineke Fuchs. Mit Zeichnungen von Wilhelm von Kaulbach, gestochen von R. Rahn und A. Schleich.

Folio (large spotting throughout).

Red calf, gilt pictorial panel on front cover, covers ruled with an orn. gilt frame, large central flower tool on lower cover, gilt fully orn. flat spine, gilt edges, blind orn. white pastedowns & flyleaves (rubbed).

First printing of the illustr. and first issue, with the later suppressed engraving p. 42. One of the finest illustrations for Goethe's "Reineke Fuchs" (1st ed. 1794), sought after for its delightful anthropomorphic engravings after the noted Munich painter Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1804-1874) : front., engr. title, 35 plates and 24 woodcut head- and tailpieces.
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Joined, same work ill. also by Kaulbach: Le Renard (Reinke Fuchs). Traduit par Édouard Grenier [...]. Paris, coll. J. Hetzel & Jamar, M. Lévy frères, [1860?, 1867?]. Lge 8vo (some sl. foxing). Contemp. half red shagreen. Illustrated with 35 in-text. (2 vol.)