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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
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
  • Object Number: 58.545.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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