1895 Rare Book - THE LIFE and ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE Illustrated by J. D. Watson.
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(Description)
Author: Defoe, Daniel.
Title: THE LIFE and ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. With a portrait and one hundred illustrations by J D. Watson engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1895.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.5 " X 6 ".
Pages : xii-497 pages + (2) catalogue.
Binding: Attractive and very good publisher's red pictorial full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing or staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the nice portrait and 100 illustrations in color and in black&white by John Dawson Watson beautifully engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Estimate: (Scarce with practically no other copy with this binding variant available worldwide).
The book: Attractive, beautiful, and scarce edition of Robinson Crusoe in a beautiful original binding!
The author: Daniel Defoe (1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson, and is among the founders of the English novel. Defoe wrote many political tracts and often was in trouble with the authorities, including prison time. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted with him.
The illustrator: John Dawson Watson RWS (20 May 1832 – 3 January 1892) was a British painter, watercolorist, and illustrator. He was educated King Edward VI Grammar School, Sedbergh School, and Manchester School of Design. His son was the Impressionist painter Dawson Dawson-Watson. His daughter, Francis, married Myles Birkett Foster in 1864.