Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) — 1818 Illustrated Edition of "Robinson Crusoe"

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Title-page for “The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. A new and improved edition”

1818

Pages: ii, 195 p., [12] leaves of illustrations

Source: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, title-page.

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Transcription of Title-page

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. A New and Improved Edition, interspersed with Reflections, Religious and Moral. Adorned with Engravings. London: J. Harris, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1818.

Many thanks for the assistance of the staff at Special Collections and University Archives, particularly John Frederick, Library Assistant, McPherson Library, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Bibliography

Defoe, Daniel (adapted). The Wonderful Life and Surprising Adventures of that Renowned Hero, Robinson Crusoe: who lived twenty-eight years on an uninhabited island, which he afterwards colonized.. London: W. Darton, 1815.

Defoe, Daniel. (adapted). The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. A New and Improved Edition, interspersed with Reflections, Religious and Moral. Adorned with Engravings. London: J. Harris, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1818.

Defoe, Daniel. (adapted). The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Who Resided On an Uninhabited Island upwards of Twenty Eight Years. Embellished with Engravings on Wood. London: R. Harrild, Great Eastcheap, 1820.

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