REINEKE FUCHS von Wolfgang von Goethe.
Stuttgart: Cottaschen Buchhandlung, n.d. [c.1867].
Same collation but without date. Folio. Half title, engraved title, typographic title, 257p. Illustrated by Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1804-1874) with 36 brilliant engraved plates and the illustrated title, engraved by Rudolph Rahn and Adrian Schleich, and with head- and tail-pieces. In the publisher's binding with the binder's ticket "Jul. Ramm's Bucbinderei". Binding of full red morocco over heavy beveled boards, a.e.g., the spine and covers extensively embossed in gilt and darker red featuring a central chariot scene surmounted by stylized title, surrounded by elaborate gilt designs. Contents and all engravings bright and free of soil or foxing, covers bright with very minor edge rubbing. An exceptional copy. Item #24238
Kaulbach designed the binding also, featured in Morris and Levin, no. 203.
Price: $1,650.00