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Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xx))

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Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant A: [1852]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box V (xxx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xx))
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1852]. Variant C: [1855]. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London (60.R Box VII (xx))

TITLE

Story of Reynard the fox.

VARIANT TITLE

Title from page 1
The story of Reineke, the fox.
Cover title
The story of Reineke the fox (variant C).

PUBLISHED

London : George Routledge & Co., [1852].

PRINTED

[London] : Stewart and Murray.

SERIES

Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers [first series] : 4

PRICE

6d.

AUTHOR

Dalziel Brothers (engraver)
George Routledge & Co. (publisher)
Stewart and Murray (printer)

DESCRIPTION

Size
24,6x17,4 cm
Format and pagination
8° : 8 ll.
Signatures
A⁸
Signatures note
1 gathering, sewn, paginated 1-8
Contents
1-8 text and wood-engraved vignettes
Illustrations
8 illustrations, one per page, unsigned, printed in black by Stewart and Murray and hand-coloured
Source for attribution
Documents (engraver)
Comparison with other titles of the series (printer)
Source for date
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of December 1852 as no. 4 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers
Listed in Routledge's wholesale catalogue of November 1855 as no. 4 of Aunt Mavor's picture books for little readers, first series
Early publishers' advertisements (e.g. at the end of The boys' own story-book (London: Routledge, 1852), n.p.) describe the series as: "Uniform in size with Dean & Darton's large coloured sixpenny books for children. With greatly improved illustrations, new types, and well coloured pictures, an entirely new series of 13 different books."

NOTES

Printed on one side of the sheet only; first and last page pasted to upper and lower wrappers
Title and publication information from upper wrapper, which serves as title page, and from lower wrapper publishers' advertisements

PRINTING TECHNIQUES

Relief
Hand-colouring

VARIANTS

Variant A
[1852]: upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), on light blue paper; specific for this title: "STORY OF REYNARD THE FOX."; 1852 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant A
Variant B
[1853]: same as variant A, on orange paper; 1853 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant C
Variant C
[1855]: upper wrapper uniform for the series (see pcb2275), on greenish blue paper, same as variants A-B, but for title: "THE STORY OF REINEKE THE FOX."; 1855 lower wrapper as pcb2275, variant D, on greenish blue paper; at foot, inside the decorated frame: "LONDON: | GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. | NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1855 Dilke, 7
2006 Masaki, I.12, 19-21, 355-56
2017 O'Sullivan-Immel, 85

COPIES

BL: 12806.g.53(3) (variant B: [1853]; accession stamp dated 31OC54; bound with other titles of the series, third title)
GL: (1851) 69825 (not analysed)
NAL: 60.R Box VII (xx) (variant C: [1855]; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "7")
NAL: 60.R Box V (xxx) (variant A: [1852]; on right upper corner of upper wrapper: "5")
NY-CUL: HISTCHIL Unclassified (not analysed)

DRAWINGS, OBJECTS, DOCUMENTS

Documents
UCL-RKP: RKP 8 (p. 17: "Dalziel a/c for engraving cuts &")

OTHER VERSIONS

Reissued as
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1855]
Reissued as
Story of Reynard the fox. - London : George Routledge & Co., [1857]

OCLCN

39503293

PERMALINK

https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2296

CITATION

Francesca Tancini, "Story of Reynard the fox". In PiCoBoo, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2296