dinsdag 5 januari 2010

Reynaert




The history of Reynard the fox; [The tormenting of Tibert] / introduced and  edited by E. Verzandvoort. - Zuilichem: The Catharijne Press, 1991. - 66x50 mm., 53 blz., wood-engraving.

Bound in brown cloth with applied titleshield by Luce Thürkôw. Signed and numbered wood-engraving by Pam Rueter. Numbered copy 68/175.
Designed by Bram de Does. Printed in black and red by John Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem, in a 5 point Trinité nr. 2 (created by Bram de Does) on 90 gm Hahnemühle Ingres. 


Three translations of a fragment of the animal epos 'Van de vos Reynaerde': The tormenting of Tibert the cat. First the edition of 1481 translated and printed by William Caxton; a version of  Dobson (1728) and the  Pleasant history of Reynard the Fox by Thomas Roscoe, 1873. These translations followed by a Dutch version 'Reynaert die Vos' printed by Gerard Leeu in 1479.

"This publication of The Catharijne Press is dedicated to our dear cat Katrijn who fortunately cannot read"


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