1751 Scarce French Book set - Robinson Crusoe, La vie et les avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe.

(Description)

Author: Daniel Defoe.
Title: La Vie et les Avantures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe, Contenant sa Naissance, son évasion de chez ses Pères & Mères, les Voyages qu'il fit sur mer, & son séjour dans le Brezil.
Language: Text in Latin and French.
Publisher: Amsterdam, L'Honoré & Chatelain, 1751. Complete set of 2 volumes.
Size: 600, 567 pages.
Pages:  Preface, 960 continuous pages through complete 2 volumes.
Binding: Good contemporary full calf leather with raised bands and richly gilt compartments on the spine (hinges fine, shows significant wear with some loss at the spine, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good to very good content (tight and clean, some foxing toning and staining throughout - as shown, chip to the outer corner of page 476 of volume 1 without affecting the text - as shown, original marbled endpapers are vibrant - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 12 full-page illustrations.

Estimate: (USD 350 - USD 700).

The book: This rare complete 18th-century edition of Robinson Crusoe in French presents an interesting account of the titular character’s life and surprising adventures, including his infamous stay on a deserted island. This work is a quintessential piece of adventure literature and holds a significant place in the genre’s development.

The author: Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, helping to popularize the form in Britain, and is considered a founder of the English novel.