Beschreibung:

DEFOE, Daniel (ca 1660-1731)]. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner . -- The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life . -- Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . London: Printed for W. Taylor 1719-20. Together 3 volumes, 8 o (189 x 115 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Crusoe by Clark and Pine in vol. I, folding engraved frontispiece map of the world in vol. II, folding engraved frontispiece map of Crusoe's island by Clark and Pine in vol. III (tear neatly repaired). Advertisement leaves as called for at end of each volume. (Vol. I with fore-margin of title-page slightly trimmed, and tear on preface leaf crossing text neatly repaired.) Nineteenth-century red morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Riviere (front joint in vol. I starting). Provenance : Arthur A. Houghton, Jnr. (bookplate; see his sale, Christie's London, 13 June 1979, lot 170). THE HOUGHTON COPY OF DEFOE'S MASTERPIECE. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF EACH PART (vol. II first issue, second variant). The points are as follows: the first part has a colon after "London" on title-page (Hutchins's first state); the first page of the preface ends with "Men" and catchword "always," continuing with the words "always apyly" on the verso (first state); Z4r with the words "Pilot" and "Portuguese" spelled corectly (second state); 12-line errata on Aa6v. The second part has A4v of the preface blank; "Farther" correctly spelled at head of B1; and page 295 correctly numbered. The third part has the advertisement for the third edition of part one and the second edition of part two on A8v; "w" in "know" on F5r, line 13, correctly aligned; M5v, line 1, reading "way with a"; an asterisk under "out" on O1v; R3r with catchword "from" with the "m" aligned; S7v with the catchword "The." Grolier English 41; Hutchins, pp. 52, 97 and 122; Moore 412, 417 and 436; PMM 180; Rothschild 775. (3)