Reynard the Fox: After the German Version of Goethe

A decoratively bound translation of Goethe's 1793 poem of Reynard the Fox, with illustrations. The first edition of this translation with these illustrations.In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding.From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's German rendition of Reynard the Fox, 'Reinecke Fuchs', a poem in twelve parts written in 1793 and first published in 1794. Goethe adapted the material from the 1752 edition by Johann Christoph Gottsched, based on the 1498 'Reynke de vos'.Translated by Thomas James Arnold, an English barrister and man of letters.Illustrated throughout the text from designs of Wilhelm Von Kaulbach, a German painter noted for his work as a muralist and book illustrator. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a small ownership impression and ink inscription to the half title. Very Good Indeed.