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![[KELMSCOTT PRESS]; CAXTON, WILLIAM - History of Reynard the Foxe, The](http://www.davidbrassrarebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-shopping-cart/books_img/01312/main.jpg)
[KELMSCOTT PRESS]; CAXTON, WILLIAM History of Reynard the Foxe, TheCaxton’s Translation [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. [CAXTON, William, translator]. The History of Reynard the Foxe [done into English out of Dutch] by William Caxton. [London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892]. One of 300 paper copies, out of a total edition of 310 copies. Large quarto. [2, blank], v, [1], 162, [1, colophon], [1, blank] pp. Printed in red and black in Troy and Chaucer types. Wood-engraved title with gothic lettering designed by Morris. Decorative woodcut borders and initials. Reprinted from the 1481 edition of Caxton. Edited by H. Halliday Sparling. Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith. Original full limp vellum with yapp edges. Spine lettered in gilt. Original gold silk ties. A fine copy. Housed in a gray cloth slipcase. About this book Morris wrote for Quaritch’s catalogue: 'This translation of Caxton’s is one of the very best of his works as to style; and being translated from a kindred tongue is delightful as to mere language. In its rude joviality, and simple and direct delineation of character, it is a thoroughly good representative of the famous Beast Epic' (quoted in Peterson). Ashley Library III, p. 29. Clark Library, Kelmscott and Doves, pp. 20-21. Peterson A10. Ransom, Private Presses, p. 326, no. 10. Sparling 10. Tomkinson, p. 110, no. 10.
Offered for US$ 8000.00 by: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB) - Book number: 01312