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Robinson Crusoe : the life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York mariner who lived eight-and-twenty years all-alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque having been cast on shore by shipwreck wherein all the men perished but himself . Written by himself. A New Edition revised and corrected for the enhancement of nautical education. Illustrated by technical and geographical annotation . Embellished with maps and engravings and augmented by an Index .By John Spencer Smythe. First edition with the illustrations; signed presentation copy.
rif. 51-6404London: Printed by J. Gold Naval Chronicle Office and published by Joseph Mawman 39 Ludgate Street 1815. 8vo. 14.5 x 23.5cm. vi 579pp. Contemporary English binding full long-grain blue morocco wide gilt borders framing the covers spine with 5 raised bands with decorated compartments gilt-stamped letter “S” on the covers gilt edges borders of the same morocco inside and endpapers of blue silk with gilt borders. Superficial crack along spine.Presentation copy in French from Smythe . “offered as a token of esteem and friendship by the publisher an associate member of the Royal Academy of Sciences Arts and Belles-Lettres of the city of Caen". Exemplaire “offert en témoignage d’estime et d’amitié par l’éditeur membre associé de l’Académie Royale des sciences arts et belles-lettres de la ville de Caen”. . Folding map as frontispiece by R. Rowe. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:230578317:Notes:Frontispiece is folded plate: chart on Mercator's Projection exhibiting Crusoe's trackEmbellished throughout text with maps and engravings. Cannot find any references to John Spencer Smythe in biographies and OCLC omits his name from the book! London: Printed by J. Gold Naval Chronicle Office, and published by Joseph Mawman, 39 Ludgate Street, 1815 hardcover
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