Shelfmark
Gn.6.12 - Gn.6.14
Author
Uniform title
[Robinson Crusoe. Parts 1-2]
Title
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe. By Daniel De Foe. Embellished with Engravings.
Edition
Cooke's edition..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row, [1793]
Physical description
3v., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 15 cm. (12mo)
Note
At the head of the plates: "Cooke's edition of select novels". Plates dated between 1793 and 1798 engraved by W. Hawkins, C. Warren, Saunders, or W. Grainger and illustrated by R. Corbould, T. Kirk, or J. Allen.
Note
Pagination: v.1: 199 p. [4] leaves of plates; v.2: 212 p. [4] leaves of plates; v.3: 198 p.
Note
Signatures: v.1: B-R⁶, S⁴ -- v.2: [A]² B-S⁶ T² -- v.3: B⁴ C-R⁶ (there are two sets of C; G2 misprinted as F2; H4 misprinted as H3; R6 missing).
Citation/references note
ESTC, T72293
Provenance
Bookplate of Maurice Baring, dated June 1897, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library, with ex dono of Maurice Baring, on the first front flyleaf.
Provenance
Signature of M.A. Faken on front flyleaf of v.1.
Binding
18th-century quarter-bound speckled ?calfskin and marbled paper over pasteboards. Spine flat with gilt fillets and titling over red label ("Robinson Crusoe"). Textblock flat and sprinkled ?brown. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at the upper end of the textblock, one at the lower end.
Copy-specific note
Eton School Library label on front pastedown: "Not to be taken out of the Library".
Subject
Castaways Fiction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Islands Fiction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Shipwreck survival Fiction.
Added entry--name
Cooke, Charles, active 1789 - 1817 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hawkins, William engraver.
Added entry--name
Warren, Charles Turner, 1767 - 1823 engraver.
Added entry--name
Corbould, Richard, 1757 - 1831 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B50882