{"product_id":"de-admirabili-fallacia-et-astutia-vulpeculae-reinikes-libri-3wzqt8bg","title":"De admirabili fallacia et astutia vulpeculae reinikes libri quatuor","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated later edition of this famous satirical work by the soldier and humanist Hartmann Schopper (1542-c. 1595), with brilliant woodcuts by Jost Amman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe literary cycle of Reynard the Fox is a collection of satirical medieval allegorical tales, first appearing in the 12th century and derived from Dutch, German and French sources. The stories are centred on Reynard, an anthropomorphic fox, who often cleverly outwits his enemies. Reynard’s primary antagonist throughout the cycle is the wolf Isengrim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJost Amman (1539-1591) was a Swiss engraver who did much of his work in Nuremberg. An enormously prolific artist, his woodcuts are generally regarded as superior to his copperplate engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few eighteenth- and nineteenth-century former owner’s inscriptions (two crossed out) and manuscript notes to ffep, occasional manuscript annotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOccasional light foxing as normal, wormholes to lower margin of leaves D8 to E3, slightly affecting catchwords.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdams S704 for the 1579 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67974124470581,"sku":"256875","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/de-admirabili-fallacia-et-astutia-vulpeculae-reinikes-libri-3wzqt8bg","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}