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London: T Cadell and W Davies, 1820 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6". Stothard. Two beautifully bound volumes of this famous adventure work. Robinson Crusoe is presented to the reader as an autobiography of Robinson, a castaway who spends thirty years on a remote tropical island. The works discusses his encounters with cannibals, captives and mutineers. With gilted edges and decorative gilt stamping to boards. Illustrated throughout, with nine plates to volume II and eleven plates to volume I. With vingette title pages to both volumes. Collated, complete. Notable for the illustrations by famous illustrator and engraver, Thomas Stothard. Stothard illustrated many popular and important works including The Pilgrim's Progress, The Rape of the Lock and The Decameron. This is Daniel Defoe's most famous novel and was first published in 1719. Defoe is known as being one of the earliest proponents of the novel as he helped to popularise the form. In full calf…

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.