Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 393
DEFOE, Daniel (1660?1731). STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator (R...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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DEFOE, Daniel (1660?1731). STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator (R. A., 1755?1834). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies; and W. Blackwood, 1820. 2 volumes, 8vo (248 x 148 mm). Engraved title vignette, 20 plates including frontispiece in Vol. I by Charles Heath after Thomas Stothard on India paper and mounted (light spotting or soiling, offsetting from plates to text, some foxing to titles). Contemporary calf ruled in gilt, olive morocco spine label gilt, compartments blind stamped with fleuron centerpieces inside Greek?key roll borders, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (early rebacking, spines a bit darkened, hinges rubbed and reinforced, corners repaired). Provenance: A. T. Cocking (bookplate). LARGE PAPER COPY illustrated by one of the most prolific illustrators of the 18th and 19th centuries. Lowndes II, p. 614.
