THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRIZING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE OF YORK, MARINER

Two octavo volumes (23.5cm); three-quarter brown crushed morocco and marbled paper-covered boards bound by Tout & Sons, spines in six compartments, with five raised bands, and titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spines; marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; xii,389,[1]pp, with engraved frontispiece, title page, and seven plates of illustrations (Vol.I); vi,456,[14]pp ads, with engraved frontispiece, title page, and six plates of illustrations (Vol.II). Both volumes showing modest wear to spine ends and board edges, some wear to corners, though hinges are sound. Vol.I shows some very faint foxing to text edges, pronounced dust-soil to left margin of p.238, and a repair to lower right corner of p.263. Vol.II has a small repair to margin of p.83/84, p.89/90 skilfully remargined, with some old, faint dampstaining affecting right edge of text from p.91-290, resulting in some scattered foxing; a handsome, Very Good set. An important, early edition of Defoe's classic 1719 novel the first with illustrations by Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), and the first to print George Chalmers's biography The Life of Daniel De Foe (bound at the end of Vol.II). Sabin 19285; ESTC T72291; Lowndes II, p.613.…