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London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stothard, Thomas. Printing Unknown A stunning and near fine two volume full leather set of the 1820 Edition of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe embellished with engravings from designs by Thomas Stothard and published by T. Cadell and W. Davies, London, W. Blackwood, Edinburgh and printed by A. & R. Spottiswood, London. Featuring 12 Stothard plates in volume 1 and 10 plates in volume II including the vignette titles and the tissue guarded frontis of "Robinson Crusoe taking leave of his father and mother." Volume 1 contains A Preface to the Present Edition, A List of Defoe's Writings, Directions for Placing the Engravings and the Preface to the First Edition. Condition: 8 vo. 429/415 pages - Beautifully rebound in contemporary unsigned full red mottled calf leather, titles stamped in gilt to the spine and embellished with elaborate gilt and blind tooling…

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.