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The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg, Including the Story of Reynard the Fox, With Twenty illustrations, drawn from the stuffed animals contributed by Hermann Plouchquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition

Illustrator Harrison William Weir British
Publisher David Bogue British
Printer Levey, Robson and Franklyn British

1851

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Title: The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg, Including the Story of Reynard the Fox, With Twenty illustrations, drawn from the stuffed animals contributed by Hermann Plouchquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition

Illustrator: Harrison William Weir (British, Lewes 1824–1906 Appledore, Kent)

Publisher: David Bogue (British, active London, 1807/8–56)

Printer: Levey, Robson and Franklyn (London)

Published in: London

Date: 1851

Medium: Illustrations: steel engravings, hand colored

Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 6 9/16 x 1/2 in. (21.2 x 16.7 x 1.2 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Myra Carter Church Fund, 1958

Accession Number: 58.545.7

Chronology

Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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