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La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoë

Illustrated by: Thomas Stothard (English, 1755–1834)
Illustrated by: Jean-Pierre Bernard Duvivier (Belgian, active in France, 1762–1837)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771)
Author: Daniel Defoe (English, 1661?–1731)
Publisher: H. Verdière (French, 19th century)
Printer: Veuve Panckoucke (French, late 18th century)
1816 (?)
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved titles and 20 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 22.5 x 14.7 x 5.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2614
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: H. Verdière [1816?]

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet II, 566; Cohen-de Ricci 406
Description(Paris: H. Verdière [1816?]) Octavo, three vols.; (v. 1) [2 ff.] viii, cviii, 276 pp., plus map and 5 plates; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 526 pp., plus 11 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff.] 340 pp., plus 3 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped tan paper boards.

Literary illustrations, author portrait, world map.
ProvenanceAcquired in Paris in 1925 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.