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DEFOE, Daniel (1660–1731). STOTHARD, Thomas,
DEFOE, Daniel (1660–1731). STOTHARD, Thomas,
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DEFOE, Daniel (1660–1731). STOTHARD, Thomas, illustrator (R. A., 1755–1834). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: printed for John Stockdale, 1790. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Engraved titles with vignettes, engraved frontispieces and 13 engraved plates after Stothard by Medland, 14–page publisher’s catalogue bound in at rear of Volume II. 20th century half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titling and double fillets in compartments with a central gilt tool of a ship, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, stamp–signed by Bennet Book Studio of New York (joints and extreme ends a bit rubbed, else fine). FIRST STOTHARD EDITION with the first appearance of George Chalmer’s biography of The Life of Daniel De Foe (1790) bound in Volume II. 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 (Picturing the First Castaway, Rutgers University). Lowndes II, p. 613.
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DEFOE, Daniel (1660–1731). STOTHARD, Thomas,

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