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(REYNARD THE FOX.) Schopper, Hartmann, translator. Speculum vitae aulicae. De admirabili fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes libri quatuor. Printer's woodcut device on title; 57 woodcut text illustrations by JOST AMMAN, including repeats. E20],

(REYNARD THE FOX.) Schopper, Hartmann, translator. Speculum vitae aulicae. De admirabili fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes libri quatuor. Printer's woodcut device on title; 57 woodcut text illustrations by JOST AMMAN, including repeats. E20], 465, [17] pages.12mo, 18th-century sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine faded and rubbed, with later paper labels; contents toned, with some light marginal dampstains, early marginalia, some passages scored, title soiled, with early inscriptions, minor marginal restoration on several leaves in middle of volume affecting a few letters. Frankfurt (Nicolaus Bassa), 1595 E1000-2000 Latin translation of the anonymous1544 High German adaptation of the popular animal epic, first published in Low German in 1498 and based on earlier Dutch sources. Adams S705.

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