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2 volumes. 4to. xcii,429; v, (1), 415pp. Full calif by Riviere. Spines in six compartments, gilt, with red and black lettering labels, gilt; marbles endpapers and edges. Illustrated. Large paper copy. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid on; some rubbing, soil and wear, foxing to the first 2 leaves of volume 1, else a very good set. .

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, is one of the earliest and most influential novels in the history of English literature. It is a fictional autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. The story is widely perceived as a comment on the British Imperialism of the age and the emerging ideology of the 'self-made man', and it reflects on the author's vast array of experiences.