The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner :
with an account of his travels around three parts of the globe /
written by himself.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [185-?]
- Edition
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New ed. /
- Note
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University of Florida library's copy imperfect: top half of spine missing.
Parts I and II of Robinson Crusoe, divided into chapters. Part II originally published under title: The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Introd. includes Cowper's verses and a postscript related to the authorship of Robinson Crusoe.
Some ill. engraved by Whymper.
Remainder of imprint: Sold at the depositories: 77, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; 4, Royal Exchange; 48, Piccadilly; and by all booksellers.
The Plumptre ed. was first pub. in 1826. Lovett, R.W. Robinson Crusoe, lists two Society eds., an unexamined 1850 ed. (406) and an 1882 reissue (645). NUC pre-1956 also lists an [1850?] (0118298, v. 136, p. 597) and an [1882?] (0118467, v. 136, p. 603) edition. The British Museum Defoe catalog lists a [ca.1850?] ed. None of these descriptions exactly match the copy in hand.
On t.p.: Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Added engraved t.p.: Robinson Crusoe; half title: Life of Robinson Crusoe.
- Physical Description
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xxiv, 448 p., [4] leaves of plates :
ill. ;
19 cm.
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