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The wicked tricks of Tyl Uilenspiegel / by Jay Williams ; illustrated by Friso Henstra.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.W652 Wi
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Jay, 1914-1978.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eulenspiegel (Satire)--Legends.
- Eulenspiegel (Satire).
- Folklore--Germany.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 51 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Four Winds Press, [©1978]
- Summary:
- Four stories about a cunning Dutch folk hero.
- Contents:
- Tyl on a tightrope.
- Doctor Tyl.
- Duke Pishposh of Pash.
- The Christmas thief.
- Notes:
- "Tyl Uilenspiegel was as famous in the Netherlands as Robin Hood was in England. Like Robin, Tyl was a jolly rogue, but where Robin traditionally stole from the rich and gave to the poor, Tyl stole from everyone and kept it for himself. His name means 'Owl's Mirror,' that is, the moon."--Author's Note.
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0590074784
- 9780590074780
- OCLC:
- 3003146
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