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Switzerland: Waage, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. 12mo. Illustrated by Ludwig Richter. Text in German. Corners and top edge of front cover lightly bumped, else near fine in a very good lightly edge worn and modestly stained dustwrapper.

J. G. Gottach'scher Verlag, Stuttgart. No date (1846; with plate opposite page 42, showing fox attacking a monk). Text in German.. Hardback.. Black and White illustrations engraved by Rahn and Schleich, after designed by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Red leather binding with elaborate gilt illustrations and decorations. All edges gilt. Good+ (spine re-backed, retaining most of original; fore-edge shows some worn page edges; spine worn; repairs to endpapers. Ask us for a photo.). Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.

Wilhelm Von Kaulbach's illustrated edition. Half-title, frontispiece, engraved pictorial title-page and regular title page, 36 exquisite full page engravings of the animal characters by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. several pictorial head and tail pieces. 257 pages. Includes the plate after p. 42 which were banned subsequently for moral reasons, showing farmer girls in their nightgowns while hunting a intrusive cat. Wear to the original cover, splitting to front cover but still holding. Circular stain central to the first few pages, slight rip to top of first print. Strong pages with the prints, very good corners and edges throughout, slight degrees of foxing throughout. Please view the photographs for more information.

Stuttgart: Verlag Der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1867. Folio in full embossed leather, publisher's brown morroco, elaborate gilt design on front fox-warrior/chariot being pulled by winged Gryphon, elaborate gilt spine, tight binding, clean unfoxed pages, engraved vignette title page, all edges gilt, light rubbing of edges, else VG or better, a beautiful copy. Illustrated with 36 engraved plates with tissue guards...with the suppressed erotic plate between pages 42 and 43. .

Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta' Fchen. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1846. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. B&W Illustrations; Folio 19; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von. "Reineke Fuchs". Illustrated by Wilhelm von Kaulbach with engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 35 plates. Folio, contemporary red leather-backed boards, spine gilt in 6 compartments; all edges gilt; rubbed, foxing largely in the margins and backs of plates, 3 inch margin closed tear to page 247. Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta, [1846] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the plate after page 44 depicting fox diving under a monk's habit, later suppressed. Kaulbach's sinister anthropomorphic animals illustrated Goethe's version of a 13th century allegory known in English as Reynard the Fox. Armorial book plate Frederich William Haigh. Binding solid .

Suttgart and Tobingen: J.B. Gotta, 1846. First edition. kaulbach, german. First edition. Thick folio. Original brown leather binding with lavish gold illustrated cover and spine, designs and details. 36 superb engravings by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach. 257pp. Slight wear to edges and corners, occasional foxing and light discoloration otherwise a very good copy of a book seldom seen in presentable condition. A high-water mark in mid-19th century children's illustration and engraving.