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The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox, newly corrected and purged from all grossness in phrase and matter; augmented and enlarged with sundry excellent morals and expositions upon every several chapter; to which may be added a Second part of the said history: as also, The shifts of Reynardine, the son of Reynard the Fox, together with his life and death, &c.

Accession number
PML 6518
Published
London : Printed by T. Ilive for E. Brewster, [1701?]
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Edition attributed to John Shirley by Wing.
Woodcuts, many signed E.B for Edward Brewster.
Side notes.
Mostly in black letter.
Woodcut, Part I, C1, is printed upside down.
"The editions are--Part I. 1667, 1694, 1701. Part II. 1672, 1681. The shifts of Reynardine, 1684. Copies are made up of the different dates."--Lowndes, v. 3, p. 2076.
Parts [1] and 2 unpaged.
The first part was originally published in 1650.
The last leaves of the first two parts contain lists of "Books printed and sold by E. Brewster" with dates matching their imprints.
Part 2 has title: The most pleasant and delightful history of Reynard the fox. The second part. Containing much matter of pleasure and content ... London, Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Edward Brewster, 1681.
[Part 3] has title: The shifts of Reynardine the son of Reynard the fox, or a pleasant history of his life and death ... London, Printed by T[homas] J[ames] for Edward Brewster and Thomas Passenger, 1684.
Description
[280], 160 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20 cm
Provenance
George T. Strong (1820-1875), signature, 1845, his sale, Bangs (New York), 4 Nov. 1878, lot 43; Theodore Irwin, inscription: "priced £7.7 by Ellis & White 1882"; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
Green straight-grain morocco.
Classification
Department