VIE ET AVENTURES DE ROBINSON CRUSOE

Paris: Crevot Libraire Editeur et Chez Corbet Aine, Libraire, 1825. VIE ET AVENTURES DE ROBINSON CRUSOE-2 Volumes Cpl.- Daniel Defoe- Traduction de l"anglais Entierement Revue et Corrigee par F. d'A (Francois Gabriel Boisseau : Cf. BN, t. 36, column 995.- Illustrated by Deveria, Engraved By Fauchery, Larcher, Lecomte, Lefevre Jeune, et Sixderniers- Crevot Libraire Editeur et Chez Corbet Aine, Libraire- 1825 [ie 1829]- 1st Edition Thus- World Cat: Robinson Crusoe- Author: Daniel Defoe; F G Boisseau; Justus van Effen; The´miseul de Saint-Hyacinthe Publisher: Paris : Crevot, 1825 [i.e. 1829] Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : French : Nouv. e´d., rev. et corrigee.- OCLC Number: 425842595 Notes: F. d'A. is Franc¸ois Gabriel Boisseau. Cf. BN, t. 36, column 995. Translated by J. van Effen and The´miseul de Saint-Hyacinthe. Cf. NUC pre-1956, v. 136, p.628. Extra engraved t.p. in each vol. bears imprint date 1829. Contains pts. 1-2. Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 18 cm. Other Titles: Robinson Crusoe., Vie et aventures de Robinson Crusoe Responsibility: par Daniel De Foe ; traduction de l'anglais, entierement revue et corrige´e par F. d'A.- Softcover:-12mo- 2 volumes- Acceptable/ no jacket as issued- original publishers softcover wraps-titles in black on grey wraps- extremities are curled, chips and creases, with loss- uneven rough cut paper, not stained but slightly swollen, edges soiled-covers have splits just hanging onto binding- six copper gravures for 2 volumes- 1 frontis, 1 title and 1 in book illustrated plate per volume- Plate in volume 1 is torn but no loss-complete, others fine- Vol I: 3ff, i-iv, 1-438, 1ff stuck down. plates not paginated- Vol II: 4ff, 1-383, 1ff- plates not paginated.- SEE PHOTOS- "A rare early original softcover edition of Defoe's masterpiece."- Only one other example in World Cat at McGill University in the Rare book room- their 1785 example is not, demonstrating the rarity of this edition!- Fiction-adventure-sea-island-castaway-classic-Defoe-illustrated (3186) . 1st Edition Thus. Soft Cover Wraps. Acceptable/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Deveria, Engraved By Fauchery, Larcher, Lecomte, Lefevre Jeune, et Sixderniers. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.