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DEFOE DANIEL
(1660-1731).
La vie et les aventures de Robinson
Crusoë. Ancienne traduction revue et
corrigée sur la belle édition donnée
par Stockdale en 1790, augmentée
de la vie de l’Auteur, qui n’avoit pas
encore paru. Edition ornée de 19
gravures d’après les dessins originaux
entreprise par Charles Panckoucke,
éditeur de l’Encyclopédie
méthodique. Et publié par sa veuve.
A Paris, chez la veuve Panckoucke,
imprimeur libraire, rue de Grenelle
F[aubourg] G[ermain] no. 321, an VIII
[1800].
3 000 / 4 000 €
Superb copy in a fine binding signed
BOZERIAN JEUNE.
One of the most elegant editions of the
French translation of Defoe, given by
Thémiseul de Saint-Hyacinthe and Justus
van Effen (the first edition of this translation
was published in Amsterdam in 1720-1721).
3 vol., in-8 format, frontispiece portrait
(volume I), engraved title-pages at the
beginning of each volume, [5] ff.-CVIII-276
pp (4 plates + 1 folded map [World map
of the Eastern and Western hemispheres
showing the itinerary of Robinson Crusoe’s
voyage, engraved by P. F. Tardieu]) + [2] ff.-526
pp. (11 plates) + [4] ff.-340 pp., 15 plates in all
and one map ; 3 engraved title-pages with
different vignettes for each volume.
Straight-grained green morocco, spine in
compartments with raised bands richly gilt
with various sprays, foliate and dotted tools,
signature of the binder at foot of spine of
volume one: « Rel. P. Bozerian Jeune », sides
with a gilt roll-tooled border, gilt edges,
marbled pastedowns. Binding by BOZERIAN
JEUNE. Dimensions of volumes: 230 x 152
mm.
Cohen-Portalis, 217, who signals 18 plates.
Brunet, II, 566, who signals 16 plates: although
the title-page calls for 19 figures, extant copies
only have 15 plates as in the present copy,
numbered 1 to 15.
First print, illustrated by a portrait of the
author by Delvaux, three title-pages engraved
with different vignettes, a world map engraved
by Tardieu, and 15 figures by Stothard
engraved by Dupréel, Delvaux and Deligon.
Shared edition, published jointly by H.
Verdière and la Veuve Panckoucke (Widow
of Panckoucke) : this copy only gives the
latter publisher’s address. Facing the first title-
page, the following concerning the engraved
plates : « Les estampes de cet ouvrage ont
été gravées sous la direction du citoyen
Saugrain, graveur-éditeur, rue du Cimetière
Saint-André-des-Arcs, no. 10 ».
provenance
Charles Hayoit (1901-1984), Belgian bibliophile,
industrialist made war prisoner in 1940, a
renowned resistant during the Second World
War ; his booklabel on the first flyleaf of vol. I.
His collection was sold in five sales between
2001 and 2005. – Benoit Jouvin (1810-1886),
journalist and editor of the newspaper Figaro,
his booklabel, engraved by Stern. – Pencil
inscription on the second flyleaf of vol. I:
« Voir cat. Beraldi - 15 pl. t. I, no. 87 ».