Live auction - Lot 905
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Reynaert den Vos ofte Der dieren oordeel. In het welk door Koning Lion ende syne Heeren de schalkheyd van Reynaert den Vos word ondersogt ende geoordeeld. 't Verhael seer genugtelyk/ ende profytige morale bediedselen medebrengendende.
Antwerp, Widow H. Verdussen [= Maria Cornelia Verhulst], [1713-1717]
Hammer price: €
800
€ 400 / 600
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Lot description
4to: 62-[2] pp. (very light local staining at lower corner, sm. tear in blank margin last f. D8).
Contemp. Goldbrokat wrapper (sl. used at spine). Very good copy.
Extremely rare later ed. of the "Southern" tradition of the Dutch Reynaert chapbook. Woodcut on title and 22 woodcuts in-text (incl. repeats) after Chr. Jeger and E. Quellijn jr. Approb. Antwerp 1631. Printed in 2 col., in Gothic type.
Ref. Menke (Bibl. Reinardiana) IV.38. - Landwehr F-194. - STCV (1 compl. copy: EHC). - Anet (id.).
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