• 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))
Story of Reynard the fox

pcb2296
pcb2296
  • 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.
PRICE
6d.
AUTHOR
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
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 &")
OCLCN
CITATION
Francesca Tancini, "Story of Reynard the fox". In PiCoBoo, accessed November 14, 2024, https://www.picoboo.eu/catalogue/pcb2296