12mo. In two volumes. 99, [1]; 120pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed, heavily discoloured. Internally clean and crisp.

A privately printed edition of Reynard the Fox, taken from the 1481 translation by William Caxton (c. 1422-c. 1491), and edited by Edmund Goldsmid. Caxton, thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England in 1476, was also the first English retailer of printed books.