Name/Title
The Most Delectable History of Reynard the FoxEntry/Object ID
2017.11.3Description
Bound for Beauty #83
xxxvii, 260, [4] p. : ill.
Note: publisher's advertisements for Cranford Series to rear.
Follows Felix Summerly's (Sir Henry Cole's) version for children, which was adapted from Caxton's. The introduction and notes attempt to give the adult reader a condensed account of the latest results of research in folk-lore and literary history.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsDimensions
Height
7-1/4 inWidth
4-3/4 inBook Details
Editor
Joseph JacobsIllustrator
W. Frank CalderonEdition
FirstPublisher
Macmillan & CompanyDate Published
1895Printer
R. & R. ClarkPlace Printed
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Cranford SeriesBinding Designer
A.A. TurbayneBinding Notes
Bound in gilt-pictorial dark green cloth in a signed binding by A.A. Turbayne, showing a fox and birds in an elaborate art nouveau floral arrangement on the cover, with two distinctive designs on the spine. All edges gilt, coated endpapers.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Felix SummerlyExhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection