[Children's Books]. [Defoe, Daniel]. The Wonderful Life and Surprising Adventures of ... Robinson Crusoe. Boston, 1792

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS]

[DEFOE, DANIEL]. THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF THAT RENOWNED HERO ROBINSON CRUSOE, WHO LIVED TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND, WHICH HE AFTRWARDS COLONIZED. BOSTON: J. WHITE AND C CAMBRIDGE, 1792

8vo (5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.; 140 x 78 mm). Frontispiece woodcut on pastedown, 2 large woodcuts in text; browning, some paper loss at lower left corner of first few leaves (not affecting text). Original quarter leather, paper-covered boards. worn, some paper loss exposing boards.

An abridgement for children, with appealing crude woodcuts, reset from the same publisher's 1791 edition.

Only 3 copies located by Welch, one more in Brigham's Robinson Crusoe.

LITERATURE:
Brigham, Robinson Crusoe 20; Evans 24253; Rosenbach 155; Welch 275.19

PROVENANCE:
Jonathan Greeley (signature 1797 on lower free endpaper)

Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.

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