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[Reynard the Fox] - Le Renard ou Le procez de

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[Reynard the Fox] - Le Renard ou Le procez de
[Reynard the Fox] - Le Renard ou Le procez des bestes. Traduction enrichie de figures en taille-douce. Brussels, Jacques Panneels & Charles de Vos, 1739, 8vo, leather over boards, remains of old gilt binding on spine. [8]-132-[4] pp. (minor traces of use). Good copy. Cfr. ill. € 450/550 Very rare 18th c. adaptation of the Reynard story, with summaries of each chapter and ills. copied after those of H. Quellin and Chr. Jegher (17th c.). Engr. ill. on titlepage, 21 engr. ills. in text. Title printed in red and black. Ownership entry on front flyleaf "joannes leopoldus raepsaet, student in het college tot audenaerde". Ref. Menke, Bibl. Reinardiana III12. Landwehr, Emblem and fable books F-209 (2). Not in BL London.
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