(Defoe, D.). Levensgeschiedenis en lotgevallen van Robinson Crusoe,

behelzend, onder andere ongehoorde uitkomsten, een verhaal van zijn agt-en-twintig jaarig verblijf op een onbewoond eiland, gelegen bij de kust van America, bij de mond van de rivier Oronoque: alles door hemzelve beschreven. Amst. and Rott., J. Allart and D. Vis, 1791, 4 parts in 3 vols., (4),352; (4),256; (2),160; (5),162-508 p. W. engr. frontisp., fold. engr. world map and 17 plates by R. Vinkeles. Contemp. unif. hcalf, gilt and ribbed spine w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces. Without plate 2 in the first vol., as usual. W. old ownership entries on first free endpapers, occas. minor interior imperfections. Upper cover of vol. 3 dam., the others chafed; some defects at extremities. Ullrich II, 4; Staverman A 4; Forum Cat. 100, no. 1532. According to Staverman, this translation was newly made after the English original, is much improved compared to the first Dutch translation of 1721-22 (see our special section on Robinsonades, in which we also have another copy of the present edition).

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