|
Auktionshaus Kiefer
Steubenstraße 36
75172 Pforzheim
Telefon 07231 / 92 32 0
http://www.kiefer.de
Auction 136:
Translator:
Auction 118
Context information
|
|
Search items
facebook
Kiefer.de - Newsletter
|
You are actually browsing a previous auction.
Items shown are not availble to buy or to place a bid.
118-591 (Defoe,D.).
Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner. Written by himself. With an introduction by Charles Whibley. 3 Bände. London, Constable & Co. 1925. 8°. XLIX, 361 S.; XI, 334 S., 1 Bl.; XII, 337 S., 1 Bl. mit 15 (1 doppelblattgr.) Tafeln nach Kupferstichen von Medland nach Stothard. OLn. mit goldgepr. Rückentiteln u. reicher Rückenverg.
Eines von 775 Exemplaren. - "Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe has been printed verbatim from a copy of third (vol. 1, 1790), second (vol. 2, 1790) (and) first (vol. 3, 1720) edition. Apart from the correction of a few obvious misprints and a slight modification of the use of capital letters, the wording of De Foe's original text with all its irregularities has been retained. The illustrations by Stothard were first published in Stockdale's well-known edition of 1790 and are here reproduced in facsimile" (C. Whibley). - Gutes Exemplar.
|
Next auction 136 takes place in December 4-6, 2024
NEW:
KIEFER Pforzheim
Tel. +49 (0)7231 / 9232-0
Similar items
|
|
|