Description
The Stockdale Edition of the Life And Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, published in London in 1790.
Octavo, [two volumes], xii, [8], [frontis], 389pp, [3]; v, [1], 456pp, [8pp. catalogue]. Full brown calf, modern calf spines, title in gilt over red morocco, decorative gilt bands on spine. Complete with 17 illustrated plates by Thomas Medland, after Thomas Stothard. Includes the 8 page catalogue in Volume II and binding instructions in preface of Volume I. Occasional toning to plates, some offsetting to opposite text. (ESTC T7229) (Sabin 19285) An attractive set.
Thomas Stothard was the “first English artist to realize the visual potential of Robinson Crusoe” with his depiction of Crusoe being an emphasis of contentment, harmony, and the nobility of man. (Lowndes II, p. 613.)
